Kule ndima enikeziwe, khipha unyaka i-Apache Software Foundation eyahlanganiswa ngawo.
Context:I-Apache Software Foundation /əˈpætʃi/ (ASF) iyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo yaseMelika (ehlukaniswe njengenhlangano engu-501c) e-United States) ukusekela inani lamaphrojekthi wesoftware yomthombo ovulekile. I-ASF yakhiwa yiqembu labathuthukisi be-Apache HTTP Server, futhi yahlanganiswa ngoMashi 25, 1999. Kusukela ngo-2021, ihlanganisa cishe amalungu ayi-1000.  I-Apache Software Foundation iyinhlangano yomphakathi ehlukanisiwe yomthombo ovulekile wabathuthukisi. Isofthiwe abayikhiqizayo isatshalaliswa ngaphansi kwemibandela yelayisense ye-Apache, ilayisense yomthombo ovulekile evumela isofthiwe yamahhala nomthombo ovulekile (i-FOSS). Amaphrojekthi e-Apache abonakala ngenqubo yentuthuko yokubambisana, esekelwe ekuvumelaneni kanye nelayisense yesofthiwe evulekile neyisebenzayo, okusho ukuthi ivumela abathuthukisi abathola isofthiwe ngokukhululekile, ukuba baphinde bayisakaze ngaphansi kwemibandela engeyona yamahhala. Iphrojekthi ngayinye iphethwe yithimba labachwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe abazikhethele bona futhi abafaka isandla ngenkuthalo kulo msebenzi. I-ASF iyi-meritocracy, okusho ukuthi ubulungu besisekelo bunikezwa kuphela amavolontiya anikele ngenkuthalo kumaphrojekthi we-Apache. I-ASF ibhekwa njengenhlangano yomthombo ovulekile yesizukulwane sesibili, [citation needed] ngoba ukusekelwa kwezentengiso kunikezwa ngaphandle kwengozi yokuvalwa kwesikhulumi.  Phakathi kwezinhloso ze-ASF yilezi: ukuhlinzeka ukuvikelwa okusemthethweni kumavolontiya asebenza kumaphrojekthi we-Apache; ukuvimbela igama lomkhiqizo we-Apache ukuthi lisetshenziswe ezinye izinhlangano ngaphandle kwemvume.  I-ASF ibuye ibambe izingqungquthela eziningana ze-ApacheCon minyaka yonke, igqamisa amaphrojekthi we-Apache nobuchwepheshe obuhlobene.
I-Apache Software Foundation yasungulwa ngoMashi 25, 1999