The Apache Way

Shane Curcuru, Director and VP, Brand Management, Apache Software Foundation

This session will provide an introduction to The Apache Software Foundation – it’s history, organization and principles, and how Apache projects work. You will learn about The Apache Way of managing meritocracy-based and community driven projects as is practiced by all of the 100+ Apache projects, the levels of participation in Apache projects, and how you can get involved. This talk will also touch on the how the Apache governance process and the permissive Apache 2.0 license help ensure longer-lived open source projects, and provide a different opportunity for engagement than some other source communities and license models.