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<title>Background - Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<description>Background information about the Apache HTTP Server.</description>

<section id="background"><title>Background</title>

    <ul>
    <li><a href="#background.what-is-apache">What is Apache?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#background.what-is-httpd">What is the Apache HTTP 
    Server?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#background.tested">How thoroughly tested is 
    Apache?</a></li>
    <li><a href="#background.logo">May I use the Apache logo on my 
    product or Web site?</a></li>
    </ul>

    <section id="background.what-is-apache">
      <title>What is Apache?</title>

      <p>The <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache Software Foundation</a>
         provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad
         range of open source software projects. The Foundation provides
         an established framework for intellectual property and financial
         contributions that simultaneously limits contributors potential
         legal exposure.  Through a collaborative and meritocratic
         development process, Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade,
         freely available software products that attract large communities
         of users.  The pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for all
         users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products.</p>

      <p>For more details about the Foundation, please see the <a
      href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html">Apache Software
      Foundation FAQ</a></p>

      <p>The Apache HTTP Server -- sometimes called Apache httpd -- is
      a project of the Apache Software Foundation aimed at creating a
      robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available
      source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server.  For more
      information, please see the <a
      href="http://httpd.apache.org/ABOUT_APACHE.html">About
      Apache</a> page.</p>

    </section>

    <section id="background.what-is-httpd">
      <title>What is the Apache HTTP Server?</title>
      <ul>
        <li>is a powerful, flexible, HTTP/1.1 compliant web server</li>
        <li>implements the latest protocols, including HTTP/1.1 (RFC2616)</li>
        <li>is highly configurable and extensible with third-party modules</li>
        <li>can be customised by writing 'modules' using the Apache module
        API</li>
        <li>provides full source code and comes with an 
        <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">unrestrictive 
        license</a></li>
        <li>runs on Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/9x, Netware 5.x and above, OS/2, 
        and most versions of Unix, as well as several other operating 
        systems</li>
        <li>is actively being developed</li>
        <li>encourages user feedback through new ideas, bug reports and
        patches</li>
      </ul>
    </section>

    <section id="background.tested">
      <title>How thoroughly tested is Apache?</title>
      <p>Apache is run on millions of Internet servers.
      It has been tested thoroughly by both developers and users. The Apache
      HTTP Server Project maintains rigorous standards before releasing new 
      versions of our server, and our server runs without a hitch on over 
      70% of all WWW servers available on the Internet. When bugs do show 
      up, we release patches and new versions as soon as they are
      available.</p>
    </section>

    <section id="background.logo">
      <title>May I use the Apache logo on my product or Web site?</title>
      <p>You may <em>NOT</em> use any original artwork from the Apache
      Software Foundation, nor make or use modified versions of such
      artwork, except under the following conditions:</p>
      <ul>
        <li>You may use the <a 
        href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/apache_pb.gif">'Powered by Apache'
        graphic</a> on a Web site that is being served by the Apache HTTP
        server software.</li>
        <li>You may use the aforementioned <a 
        href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/apache_pb.gif">'Powered by Apache'
        graphic</a> or the <a 
        href="http://www.apache.org/images/asf_logo.gif">Apache Software
        Foundation logo</a> in product description and promotional material
        <em>IF and ONLY IF</em> such use can in no way be interpreted as
        anything other than an attribution.</li>
      </ul>

      <note type="warning">Using the Apache name and artwork in a manner that
        implies endorsement of a product or service is strictly
        forbidden.</note>

    </section>
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