This page contains links to presentations and other key papers about the ASF and how Apache projects work that you may find useful. Many of these have been presented at ApacheCon conferences or other open source conferences.

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ASF Postings and Slides ¶

Briefing: The Apache Way (paper)
The Apache Way to Sustainable Open Source Success (paper)
Sponsorship pitch deck (Google slides)
What is the ASF? (From the Apache Training project)

The Apache Way ¶

Several presentations that talk about how Apache-style collaborative software projects work, and how the ASF itself works.

The Apache Way (2023 - Giovanni Bechis)
Apache Way: Effective Open Source Project Management ApacheCon 2017 (video) (2017 - Shane Curcuru)
The Apache Way (2017 - Brett Porter)
Training Our Team in the Apache Way (2016 - Alan Gates)
The Apache Way - amalgamation of many other decks - (2015 - Daniel Ruggeri)
The Apache Way (2015 - Nick Burch)
Writing and Distributing Software “The Apache Way” (Justin Erenkrantz)
The Apache Way and OpenOffice.org (Ross Gardler)
Several older Apache Way and related slide decks (J Aaron Farr)
An Overview of The Apache Software Foundation (Justin Erenkrantz)
Construyendo software y comunidades a la manera de Apache (Spanish, Ismaël Mejía)
History and Overview of Various Apache Way Presentations (annotated list, pre-2017, Shane Curcuru)
The Apache Way of Open Source (re:publica 2018 Berlin, Johannes Geppert)

About the ASF ¶

Hortonworks Engineering Apache Training (Alan Gates)
About: Apache - The Foundation, The Way, The Projects (Shane Curcuru)

General Open Source presentations ¶

Several example presentations, talking about general open source topics, from an ASF perspective.

Open Source development for students (Isabel Drost)
Open Source: It’s just not for IT anymore (Jim Jagielski)

The Incubator ¶

Discussion of how the Incubator works, and how (and why) one can bring a project to the ASF.

But we’re already open source? Why would we want to bring our project to the ASF? (Nick Burch)

Community and Collaboration ¶

Communities and Collaboration (Jim Jagielski)
Community Development at the ASF (Ross Gardler)
The Apache Software Foundation: No Jerks Allowed! (Justin Erenkrantz)
Bending the rules: Community over Code over Policy (Andrea Pescetti)
Open Innovation in The Apache Software Foundation (Justin Erenkrantz)
Putting It Together (Justin Erenkrantz)

Trademark and Brand ¶

Managing Community Open Source Brands (Shane Curcuru)
Improving Your Project’s Image And Brand (Shane Curcuru)
Supporting Apache Brands While Making A Profit (video, Shane Curcuru)
Successfully Profiting From Apache Projects (Shane Curcuru)
Practical Trademark Law For FOSS Projects (Shane Curcuru)

Other ¶

Various Apache-related presentations by prominent community members.

More of Jim’s presentations here and here (Jim Jagielski)
Bertrand Delacretaz slides and talk recordings.
Piergiorgio Lucidi
The Journey of Apache ManifoldCF: Learning from ASF’s Successes (Piergiorgio Lucidi)

Committers - please add to this page! ¶

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