The Apache Incubator

The Apache Incubator services projects seeking to enter the almighty Apache Software Foundation. Projects (called "podlings") are "ingested" and become subject to Apache-style governance and operation.

The name Apache was taken from the Apache Indian people, a Native American tribe known for their warrior spirit and inexhaustible endurance, and was first used in the context of the cross-platform Apache Web Server (launched in 1995; despite being cross-platform most instances run on Linux distributions).