Last November, the Apache Software Foundation celebrated its It now has 65 projects operating under its banner.

Unlike other open source organizations, before the Foundation hosts a project it has to be given to the ASF, which ultimately controls the intellectual property of all its projects. But the projects themselves run as semi-autonomous units within ASF, which provides members with legal protection from suits directed at foundation projects.

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