# The Apache Software Foundation
Celebrating a Decade of Open Source Leadership.

The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the Apache community of open-source software projects. The Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field.

We are more than a group of projects sharing a server, we are a community of developers and users.

### Latest News

If you would like to keep up with news and announcements from the foundation and all its projects, you can subscribe to the Apache Announcements List or you can visit our foundation blog. Latest blog entries:

Oracle agrees to purchase the IP and all assets of The Apache Software Foundation for $1.5 Billion.
Posted at: 10:00 PM Apr 1, 2010

The Apache Software Foundation Announces the 15th Anniversary of the Apache HTTP Web Server
Posted at: 2:00 PM Feb 23, 2010

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache SpamAssassin Version 3.3.0
Posted at: 3:04 PM Jan 26, 2010

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Pivot as Top-Level Project
Posted at: 11:11 AM Jan 20, 2010

The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes Facebook as its Newest Sponsor
Posted at: 6:00 PM Jan 12, 2010

NOTICE: Apache SpamAssassin Y2K10 Rule Bug - Update Your Rules Now!
Posted at: 4:56 PM Jan 2, 2010