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The Apache Software Foundation Thanks Myrle Krantz for Her Service as VP Infrastructure

Posted by The ASF July 15, 2025July 15, 2025Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) extends its deepest gratitude to Myrle Krantz for her many years of leadership, vision, and tireless service to the Foundation—most recently in the role of VP Infrastructure. Myrle’s ASF journey began in 2015, when she joined the Apache Fineract project during its early incubation phase. She quickly took on organizational […]


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How Sponsors Help ASF Steward Open Source for the Public Good

Posted by The ASF July 8, 2025July 7, 2025Foundation

By Sally Khudairi, VP Sponsor Relations Supporting the ASF advances our legacy of stewarding billions of dollars in community-developed open source software for the public good at 100% no charge For more than 25 years, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has been at the forefront of open source innovation, fostering communities, and making billions of […]


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The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 45 New Members

Posted by The ASF April 8, 2025April 8, 2025Foundation

The ASF welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members Meeting on 6 March 2025:  Adam Saghy, Alina Kazi, Benjamin Marwell, Caleb Rackliffe, Daniel Augusto Veronezi Salvador,   Dinesh Joshi, Dong Lin, Ed Espino, Eric Barboni, Floor Drees, Gang Wu, Houston Putman, Huajie Wang, Jan Friedrich, Jason Gerlowski, Jingsong Lee,  […]


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The Apache Software Foundation Announces New Board Members

Posted by The ASF March 6, 2025Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) held its Annual Members’ Meeting today. The following individuals were elected to the ASF Board of Directors: The ASF thanks Willem Ning Jiang, Jeff Jirsa, and Craig Russell for their service, and welcomes our new and returning directors. An overview of the ASF’s governance, along with the complete list of […]


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ASF Member to Speak at German Bundestag’s Committee on Digital Affairs Hearing on Open Source

Posted by The ASF December 3, 2024December 3, 2024Foundation

Tomorrow (December 4 at 14:45 CET) Apache Software Foundation member and former Director Isabel Drost-Fromm will speak before the German Bundestag’s Committee on Digital Affairs as an expert in her own capacity at a hearing on the topic of open source. The following provides an overview of the prepared written testimony Drost-Fromm submitted in advance […]


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ASF’s New President: Evolving the Foundation’s Future Through Global Collaboration

Posted by The ASF November 25, 2024November 25, 2024Foundation

By: Ruth Suehle, ASF President Today I am honored to step up as the Apache Software Foundation’s new president and am appreciative of David Nalley’s service in the role over the last four years. It’s an extremely interesting time in the history of software, and I’m excited to help lead the ASF into that future. […]


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The Apache Software Foundation Announces New President

Posted by The ASF November 25, 2024November 25, 2024Foundation, Press Releases

Open source veteran and former Executive Vice President Ruth Suehle named ASF President Wilmington, DE – November 25, 2024 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 320 active open source projects and initiatives, today announced the appointment of Ruth Suehle as its new president, succeeding David Nalley […]


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Update on ASF’s brand evolution

Posted by The ASF September 26, 2024September 26, 2024Foundation

In July we announced that the ASF would be evolving our corporate logo and brand system to represent the “community over code” ethos we are known for, and ensure people feel welcome and included. In August, the ASF Board formed a Logo Project Management Committee (PMC) composed of ASF Members who are responsible for delivering […]


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Formation of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group 

Posted by The ASF September 24, 2024September 24, 2024Foundation

By: Dirk-Willem van Gulik, ASF VP Public Affairs Today the Eclipse Foundation announced the official formation of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group (ORC WG). This initiative will first and foremost capture current best practices around software security to help the open source ecosystem prepare itself for global regulatory compliance in general and the European […]


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Announcing New ASF Board Member Kanchana Welagedara

Posted by The ASF September 23, 2024September 24, 2024Foundation

Apache Software Foundation (ASF) board member Christofer Dutz resigned from the board of directors for personal reasons and is succeeded by Kanchana Welagedara. We thank Chris for his service to the ASF and ongoing contributions to many open source projects Apache PLC4X, Apache IoTDB, Apache Incubator, and Apache TAC. Kanchana is a senior technical program […]


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Apache Software Foundation Initiatives to Fuel the Next 25 Years of Open Source Innovation 

Posted by The ASF September 18, 2024October 4, 2024Foundation, Press Releases

Annual report for 2024 fiscal year highlights Foundation’s commitment to providing software for the public good since its formation in 1999 The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 320 active open source projects and initiatives, today released its annual report for the 2024 fiscal year that ended April […]


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How Open Source Can Empower the Global Majority: Insights from UN Workshop

Posted by Brian Proffitt July 31, 2024July 31, 2024Foundation

The concept of open source has become a universally accepted development model since its beginnings over a quarter-century ago. That statement was never realized more than walking into the United Nations headquarters earlier this month to attend the second “OSPOs for Good” event. Open source had indeed arrived. Policymaking and Strategy for Building Open Source […]


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Evolving the ASF Brand

Posted by The ASF July 18, 2024July 18, 2024Foundation

By: Shane Curcuru, Board Chair In the spirit of open communications that is core to our ethos, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is announcing we are evolving our corporate logo and brand system to represent the “community over code” ethos we are known for, and ensure people feel welcome and included. ASF Marketing & Publicity […]


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Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 59 New Members

Posted by Brian Proffitt April 15, 2024April 15, 2024Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members Meeting on 20 March 2024: Jim Apple, Michael Bien, Nicolò Boschi, Francis Chuang, Cédric Damioli, Brian Demers, Hao Ding, Lukasz Dywicki, Arnout Engelen, Siyuan Feng, Jonathan Gallimore, Pedro Galvan, Jun Gao, Charles Givre, Andrew Grove, G.W. Haywood, […]


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Open Source Community Unites to Build CRA-Compliant Cybersecurity Processes

Posted by The ASF April 2, 2024April 2, 2024Foundation, Security

By Dirk-Willem van Gulik, VP of Public Affairs Cybersecurity is a central topic for governments around the world. The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) introduced rules on how software should be developed, tested, audited and supported to ensure more secure software. Because open source software underpins today’s global digital infrastructure, this has a profound […]


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Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 25 Years 

Posted by The ASF March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Foundation, Press Releases

Development history spans the launch of the most popular HTTP client on the web to some of the most prolific modern-day technologies in big data, search, IoT, and cloud computing  Wilmington, DE, March 25, 2024 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 320 active open source projects […]


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Announcing the New ASF Board of Directors

Posted by The ASF March 7, 2024March 7, 2024Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) held its Annual Members’ Meeting today. The following individuals were elected to the ASF Board of Directors: The ASF thanks Bertrand Delacretaz and Sharan Foga for their service, and welcomes our new and returning directors. An overview of the ASF’s governance, along with the complete list of ASF Board of […]


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Why Generative AI Guidance is Essential to Contributors of Open Source 

Posted by The ASF January 25, 2024January 25, 2024Community, Foundation

Roman Shaposhnik, VP of Legal Affairs at the ASF Generative AI is rapidly evolving and changing the software industry as we know it, and the open source community must adapt accordingly. Generative AI has the potential to automate significant portions of code creation which could lead to faster development cycles, increased productivity, and reduced human […]


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Update on EU Software Regulation: Lots of improvements & good news

Posted by The ASF January 23, 2024January 23, 2024Foundation, Roundups

Dirk-Willem van Gulik, VP Public Affairs, Apache Software Foundation Over the last two years, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and many other open source organizations raised concerns around upcoming software regulation in general, and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)/Product Liability Directive (PLD) in particular. Both acts will have an enormous impact on our Software industry. […]


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The ASF Response to “Open Source Software Security: Areas of Long-Term Focus and Prioritization”

Posted by Brian Proffitt November 30, 2023November 30, 2023Foundation, Security

With the rapid growth of critical software infrastructure globally and the open source components therein, likewise there is rapid growth in vulnerabilities and malicious targeting of these systems through those vulnerabilities. Governing bodies around the world have taken notice, and we’ve seen an explosion in proposed regulation and legislation around these issues.  In 2021, following […]


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