Thanks for that insight, Robert. I had only a vague sense of the origins of the
ASF.

--- "Robert D. Church" <churchr at ghostbitch.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:32:25AM -0800, Dan Shafer quipped:
> > Interesting idea, Mark.
> > 
> > I wonder if Red Hat and other Linux repackagers/support shops would have
> > emerged as commercial entities if a non-profit foundation were in the loop.
> > Probably, but I haven't thought deeply about this.
> 
> In the case of the Apache Software Fonudation, the non-profit is
> largely funded by commercial entities. ASF is almost a consortium of
> industry giants, collaborating on a web server and related
> technologies for their mutual benefit.
> 


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