| = The Apache Incubator |
| Apache Incubator PMC |
| 2002-10-16 |
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| The Apache Incubator provides services to projects which want to enter |
| the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). |
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| It helps those incoming projects (called "podlings") adopt the Apache |
| link:http://apache.org/theapacheway/[style of governance and operation] |
| and guides them to the ASF services available to our projects so they |
| can become top-level ASF projets ("TLPs"). |
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| The Incubator delegates a few mentors for each podling, as "on the |
| ground" agents to act as liaisons with the various ASF teams: |
| link:http://incubator.apache.org[Incubator PMC], |
| link:https://selfserve.apache.org/[Infrastructure team], etc., |
| and facilitate the podling's growth and operations. |
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| Our link:http://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/[cookbook] helps |
| potential podlings decide whether the ASF is a good fit for them |
| and guides them through the steps required to become an |
| ASF podling. |
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| See also the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KopPbWS87fw[Life In The Apache Incubator video], |
| where former Incubator PMC chair Jukka Zitting presents the Incubator, |
| at ApacheCon EU 2012. |
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| == About The Apache Software Foundation |
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| The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support |
| for a broad range of open source software projects. |
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| The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and |
| financial contributions that simultaneously limits the potential legal exposure |
| for the contributors. |
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| Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process known as |
| "link:http://apache.org/theapacheway/[the Apache Way]" , Apache projects |
| deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract |
| large communities of users. |
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| The pragmatic and business-friendly |
| link:http://apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0[Apache License] makes it easy |
| for all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. |
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| link:http://www.apache.org/foundation/[Learn more about the ASF] as a whole, |
| or engage with the link:https://community.apache.org/[Apache Community Development] |
| project with your general questions about the ASF. |
