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				<p>ASF’s open source software is used ubiquitously around the world with more than 8,400 committers contributing to more than 320 active projects.</p>
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						<h4>Reports</h4>
						<p>Official ASF reports and statements,
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						<p>Guidance and mentoring for those interested in participating in Apache projects and their communities.
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						<p>Our consensus-driven, open development process was refined over the past 20 years and produced some of
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        <h2>About the Foundation</h2>
        <p>The ASF is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization run almost exclusively by volunteers who oversee hundreds of projects. Our sponsors enable us to maintain the infrastructure needed to support them.</p>
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        <h2>ASF Projects</h2>
        <p>The ASF develops, stewards, and incubates hundreds of freely available, enterprise-grade projects that serve as the backbone for the most visible and widely used applications in computing today.</p>
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				<h3 class="h3-small">Contribute</h3>
				<p>If you wish to contribute to ASF projects, the Community Development site has tools, processes, and advice to help you get started.</p>
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				<p>The Apache Incubator provides a path for projects and their communities that want to enter the ASF.</p>
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