apache/index.md

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title: The Apache Software Foundation
subtitle: Proudly Powered by the ASF
preamble: >
  It is nice to have a welcoming home, and when you find that home, friends are not far away.
  Home to over a hundred projects, the Apache Software Foundation is a power house for open source community driven development.
  Wicket is proud to be part of the Apache Software Foundation since 2007. 
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## Friends

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## License
 
All projects of the Apache Wicket project are licensed using the
[Apache License, version 2.0][apache-license] ([TXT][apache-txt] or
[HTML][apache-html]).

You can read more about the current status of the license at the
[foundation license page][apache-more].

## Thanks

The Apache Software Foundation could not exist without the continued
generous support from the community. We would like to take this
opportunity to thank our [Sponsors][apache-thanks]. If you are
interested in sponsoring the ASF, please read our [sponsorship page][apache-sponsorship].

The Wicket project would like to thank the following companies for
their support of the project.

- [JetBrains](http://jetbrains.com) for their IntelliJ open source license for our developers
- [ComSysto](http://comsysto.com) for contributing the User Guide

[apache-license]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
[apache-txt]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
[apache-html]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
[apache-more]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/
[apache-thanks]: http://apache.org/foundation/thanks.html
[apache-sponsorship]: http://www.apache.org/foundation/sponsorship.html