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For more information about anything Apache, see the <a href="/dev/">/dev documentation</a> or the <a href="http://community.apache.org/">Community Development project</a>.</p> <hr/> <dl> <dt id="Artifact">Artifact<a class="headerlink" href="#Artifact" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A file which is created as the outcome of a process, typically the release preparation process.</p> </dd> <dt id="ASF">ASF<a class="headerlink" href="#ASF" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The Apache Software Foundation, a non-profit organization.</p> </dd> <dt id="Attic">Attic<a class="headerlink" href="#Attic" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A location for discontinued, abandoned, and retired <a href="#Codebase">codebases</a> and <a href="#Project">projects</a>. The <a href="http://attic.apache.org">Apache Attic project</a> preserves the information for posterity, reference, and potential future re-activation, while keeping it clearly distinct from active work.</p> </dd> <dt id="Board">Board<a class="headerlink" href="#Board" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The nine-person legal governing body of the ASF, elected by the <a href="#Member">members</a>. The board provides the oversight of the Foundation's activities and operation, and applies and enforces the ASF's <a href="#Bylaws">bylaws</a>. Among other things, the board approves or rejects resolutions brought before it, such as for the creation or dissolution of ASF <a href="#Project">projects</a> , funding requests, legal concerns, and disciplinary actions. As an open and non-profit corporation, the ASF makes the minutes of board meetings publicly available at <a href="/foundation/records/minutes/">http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/</a>. These minutes include all decisions not made in <a href="#ExecutiveSession">executive sessions</a>. Also see <a href="#Director">Director</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Bikeshed">Bikeshed Argument<a class="headerlink" href="#Bikeshed" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Arguing (pointlessly) about which color to paint the bikeshed. As explained <a href="http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/faq/16.19.shtml">here</a> it may happen when the argument is so trivial that it's easy for anyone to have an opinion, and want to see theirs prevail.</p> </dd> <dt id="Build">Build<a class="headerlink" href="#Build" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A <strong>Build</strong> is a package which is not suitable for distribution to the general public. Builds are works-in-progress, and should only be available to people working on product development at the Foundation.</p> </dd> <dt id="Bylaws">Bylaws<a class="headerlink" href="#Bylaws" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Bylaws are a codification of the rules that an organisation follows. Some, such as the <a href="/foundation/bylaws.html">ASF bylaws</a>, are legally binding and have significance outside the organisation. Others, such as the <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/management.html">Jakarta bylaws</a>, are only meaningful within the <a href="#Community">community</a> and are only as binding as the community itself makes them. The bylaws of an organisation within the ASF may not contradict those of the ASF proper; any such conflicting parts in the organisation bylaws are necessarily null and void.</p> </dd> <dt id="Chair">Chair<a class="headerlink" href="#Chair" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><strong>1.</strong> The Chair of the <a href="#Board">Board</a> of <a href="#Director">Directors</a> of the <a href="#ASF">ASF</a>, responsible for the orderly meeting and functioning of the Board. <strong>2.</strong> The official head of a committee, such as a Project Management Committee <a href="#PMC">PMC</a>. PMC Chairs are ASF <a href="#Vice-President">Vice Presidents</a> given charge of the proper operation of their <a href="#Project">projects</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Codebase">Codebase<a class="headerlink" href="#Codebase" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A meaningful group of source. Some <a href="#Project">projects</a> use only a single codebase, while others have several.</p> </dd> <dt id="CommitAccess">Commit access<a class="headerlink" href="#CommitAccess" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>ASF <a href="#Project">projects</a> collaborate on code using <a href="#version-control">version control</a> software to coordinate changes. The ability to make direct changes to that code is known as <em>commit access</em> (from the <code>[VCS] commit</code> subcommand). This process patches the actual official code. Also see <a href="#Karma">Karma</a> .</p> </dd> <dt id="Committer">Committer<a class="headerlink" href="#Committer" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>An individual who has the privilege to directly commit changes to an Apache <a href="#Codebase">codebase</a> ( <a href="#CommitAccess">commit access</a> ).</p> </dd> <dt id="CommitThenReview">Commit-Then-Review<a class="headerlink" href="#CommitThenReview" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>(Often abbreviated 'CTR' or 'C-T-R'.) A policy governing code changes which permits developers to make changes at will, with the possibility of a change being retroactively <a href="#Veto">vetoed</a>. C-T-R is an application of decision-making through <a href="#LazyConsensus">lazy consensus</a>. The C-T-R model is useful in rapid-prototyping environments, but because of the lack of mandatory review it may let more bugs through in daily practice than the <a href="#ReviewThenCommit">R-T-C</a> alternative. Compare <a href="#ReviewThenCommit">R-T-C</a>, and see the description of the <a href="voting.html">voting process</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Community">Community<a class="headerlink" href="#Community" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Group of individuals with a common cause. The community of a <a href="#Project">project</a> consists of all those with an interest in that project.</p> </dd> <dt id="ApacheCon">Community Over Code (formerly called ApacheCon)<a class="headerlink" href="#ApacheCon" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The official developer and user conference of the ASF (see the <a href="https://communityovercode.org/">Community Over Code Web site</a> ).</p> </dd> <dt id="ConsensusApproval">Consensus Approval<a class="headerlink" href="#ConsensusApproval" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>'Consensus approval' refers to a <a href="#Vote">vote</a> (sense 1) which has completed with <strong>at least three binding +1 votes</strong> and <strong>no</strong> <a href="#Veto">vetos</a>. Compare <a href="#MajorityApproval">Majority Approval</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Contributor">Contributor<a class="headerlink" href="#Contributor" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Someone who makes consistent improvements to the entities under an <a href="#ASF">ASF</a> <a href="#PMC">PMC</a>, code or documentation or otherwise. This does not, in and of itself, imply <a href="#CommitAccess">commit access</a>, though frequent and valued contributors are readily <a href="#Vote">voted</a> on for such access.</p> </dd> <dt id="CLA">Contributor License Agreement<a class="headerlink" href="#CLA" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Contributor License Agreement (CLA) is sometimes referred to as Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA). There is also a Corporate Contributor License Agreement (CCLA). All are explained on the <a href="/licenses/#clas">Licenses</a> page.</p> </dd> <dt id="CTR">CTR , C-T-R<a class="headerlink" href="#CTR" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="#CommitThenReview">CommitThenReview</a></p> </dd> <dt id="CVS">CVS<a class="headerlink" href="#CVS" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The Concurrent Versioning System, an older <a href="#version-control">version control system</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Darwinism">Darwinism<a class="headerlink" href="#Darwinism" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="#SoftwareDarwinism">Software Darwinism</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Developer">Developer<a class="headerlink" href="#Developer" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A user who contributes to a project in the form of code or documentation becomes a developer. They take extra steps to participate in a project, are active on the developer mailing list, participate in discussions, provide patches, documentation, suggestions, and criticism. Developers are also known as "contributors".</p> </dd> <dt id="Director">Director<a class="headerlink" href="#Director" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>One of nine individuals elected annually by the <a href="#Member">members</a> to the Foundation's <a href="#Board">board of directors</a>. Directors may or may not have individual responsibilities, but all are generally expected to stay informed about as much of the Foundation's operations and activity as possible, since the Board provides oversight for the Foundation as a whole.</p> </dd> <dt id="Emeritus">Emeritus<a class="headerlink" href="#Emeritus" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A term used to formally designate someone as no longer active, but still entitled to many of the rights and privileges of the position. For example, an ASF member who hasn't attended any membership meetings for a long time is declared emeritus; someone who no longer has time to work on a particular <a href="#Project">project</a> may declare themself emeritus. Emeritus status indicates interest but not activity, as opposed to having resigned.</p> </dd> <dt id="Evolution">Evolution<a class="headerlink" href="#Evolution" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Progress by gradual accumulation of small changes. Typical mode for Apache projects. Compare <a href="#Revolution">Revolution</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="ExecutiveSession">Executive Session<a class="headerlink" href="#ExecutiveSession" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A portion of a <a href="#Board">board</a> meeting which concerns confidential matters and which therefore cannot be publicly minuted. Examples include salary discussions, areas covered by non-disclosure agreements, disciplinary actions, and some types of funding decisions.</p> </dd> <dt id="git">Git<a class="headerlink" href="#git" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A <a href="#version-control">version control system</a> used by the majority of ASF projects.</p> </dd> <dt id="Hackathon">Hackathon<a class="headerlink" href="#Hackathon" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Informal event at which ASF participants can get together, network, and discuss/argue/hack/prototype according to their interests. Hackathons are open to all <a href="#Committer">committers</a> and invited contributors, and typically take place immediately preceding or following the <a href="#ApacheCon">ApacheCon</a> events.</p> </dd> <dt id="Hibernation">Hibernation<a class="headerlink" href="#Hibernation" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Sleeplike state with a depressed metabolic rate. Sometimes used to describe a <a href="#Project">project</a> with low levels of activity.</p> </dd> <dt id="Incubator">Incubator<a class="headerlink" href="#Incubator" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><a href="https://incubator.apache.org/">The Incubator</a> provides services to projects which want to enter the ASF.</p> <p>It helps those incoming projects (called <a href="#Podling">"podlings"</a>) adopt the Apache style of governance and operation and guides them to the ASF services available to our projects so they can become top-level ASF projects (<a href="#TLP">"TLPs"</a>).</p> </dd> <dt id="IPMC">IPMC<a class="headerlink" href="#IPMC" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Incubator <a href="#PMC">Project Management Committee</a>.</p> <p>Since the Apache Incubator is also a top-level ASF project, it has its own PMC as well.</p> <p>Members of the IPMC can acts as a <a href="#Podling">podling's</a> <a href="#Mentor">mentor</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Karma">Karma<a class="headerlink" href="#Karma" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><strong>1.</strong> Sufficient access to perform an operation, such as committing changes to a <a href="#version-control">version control</a>. ("Please grant Yo Mega karma to the foo-bar.") <strong>2.</strong> Respect and <a href="#Merit">merit</a> in the <a href="#Community">community</a>. ("Al Faa and Ro Main have good karma because of the careful and tactful way they make their points and the quality of their technical contributions.") <strong>3.</strong> Any combination of senses 1 and two; they are indirectly related.</p> </dd> <dt id="LazyConsensus">Lazy consensus<a class="headerlink" href="#LazyConsensus" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>(Also called 'lazy approval'.) A decision-making policy which assumes general consent if no responses are posted within a defined period. For example, "I'm going to commit this by lazy consensus if no-one objects within the next three days." Also see <a href="#ConsensusApproval">Consensus Approval</a> , <a href="#MajorityApproval">Majority Approval</a> , and the description of the <a href="voting.html">voting process</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="LicenseHeader">License Header<a class="headerlink" href="#LicenseHeader" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Text, at the top of a code file, referring to the license for the file (as opposed to including the complete license text).</p> </dd> <dt id="MajorityApproval">Majority Approval<a class="headerlink" href="#MajorityApproval" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Refers to a <a href="#Vote">vote</a> (sense 1) which has completed with <strong>at least three binding +1 votes</strong> and more +1 votes than -1 votes. ( <em>I.e.</em> , a simple majority with a minimum quorum of three positive votes.) Note that in votes requiring majority approval a -1 vote is simply a vote against, <strong>not</strong> a <a href="#Veto">veto</a>. Compare <a href="#ConsensusApproval">Consensus Approval</a>. See also the description of the <a href="voting.html">voting process</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Mentor">Mentor<a class="headerlink" href="#Mentor" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Also called 'incubation mentors'.</p> <p>The <a href="#Incubator">Incubator</a> delegates a few mentors for each podling to act as liaisons with the various ASF teams: <a href="#IPMC">Incubator PMC</a>, Infrastructure team, etc., and facilitate the podling’s growth and operations.</p> </dd> <dt id="Member">Member<a class="headerlink" href="#Member" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The ASF uses this term in three ways, so it is important to specify which you mean unless the context makes it obvious:</p> <ul> <li>An individual who has been elected to membership in the ASF by the existing members. ASF Membership benefits include having a voice in the functioning of the Foundation, and the ability to nominate and vote on new Member candidates and on directors. Many writers capitalize "Member" when using it in this sense.</li> <li>An individual who is part of the <a href="#PMC">Project Management Committee</a> of a top-level project, or of the Incubator.</li> <li>An individual who contributes to the work of a <a href="#Project">project</a>'s community. This person could be an ASF Member, a PMC member, both, or neither.</li> </ul> </dd> <dt id="Merit">Merit<a class="headerlink" href="#Merit" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The concept of 'merit' is central to the Apache philosophy and <a href="#Community">community</a> methodology. Merit is a qualitative and subjective term, referring to a combination of the worth of one's accomplishments and the respect of one's peers.</p> <ul> <li>technical competence</li> <li>ability to get along with others</li> <li>positive contributions to discussions and code</li> </ul> <p>The acquisition of merit is a cumulative process; once acquired, it doesn't decay. It is possible to lose merit, though, by violating community ethics, guidelines, or sensibilities.</p> </dd> <dt id="Meritocracy">Meritocracy<a class="headerlink" href="#Meritocracy" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Meritocracy is one of the principles underlying the ASF and its philosophy. As it has been put, 'the more you do the more you are allowed to do.' As a person acquires merit, their stature in the <a href="#Community">community</a> and (to a certain extent) the weight given to their opinions grow.</p> </dd> <dt id="Netiquette">Netiquette<a class="headerlink" href="#Netiquette" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Netiquette is the common rules of good online behaviour. For the general case, it is defined in <a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html">IETF RFC 1855</a> ; for the more specific Apache environment, it boils down to things like:</p> <ul> <li>don't flame</li> <li>lurk for a while after joining a list before posting; this allows you to get a feel for the personalities, attitudes, and issues, as well as existing rules for acceptable behaviour</li> <li>be aware of the <a href="#Project">project</a> 's/list's guidelines (such as on voting), and don't violate them</li> <li>if you have a question, search the list archives and the bug database before asking what may have already been answered></li> </ul> <p>These are just the rough outline of things that may be more (or less) the rule on a per-list basis. They boil down to 'be polite' and 'don't make unnecessary work for others'.</p> </dd> <dt id="NOTICE">NOTICE file<a class="headerlink" href="#NOTICE" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The NOTICE file in a software release package is reserved for a certain subset of legally-required notifications which are not satisfied by either the text of LICENSE or the presence of licensing information embedded within the bundled dependency. See <a href="/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice">NOTICE modifications</a> Also section 4d of the <a href="/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License</a></p> </dd> <dt id="Officer">Officer<a class="headerlink" href="#Officer" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>An individual appointed by the ASF Board of Directors and given specific authority over and responsibility for some portion of the Foundation's activities. An officer may or may not be a <a href="#Board">director</a> of the Foundation.</p> </dd> <dt id="Package">Package (sometimes referred to informally as Tarball or Distribution)<a class="headerlink" href="#Package" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A <strong>Package</strong> is a compressed archive file created from a project's source code with the intent to distribute. Packages are typically either source packages or binary packages built from source; sometimes separate documentation packages are released alongside the source package. Often packages have external dependencies which may require additional software be installed as a prerequisite.</p> </dd> <dt id="PEO">PEO<a class="headerlink" href="#PEO" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_employer_organization">Professional_employer_organization</a></p> </dd> <dt id="PMC">PMC<a class="headerlink" href="#PMC" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Project Management Committee, the group of people with formal oversight of a <a href="#Project">project</a>. The chair of a PMC is always an <a href="#Officer">officer</a> of the Foundation. As the PMC has official oversight responsibilities assigned by the <a href="#Board">Board</a> , its actions are considered to be on behalf of the Foundation, with all the legal protections and responsibilities implied. See the <a href="bylaws.html#6.3">Bylaws</a>.</p> <p>Avoid referring to a member of a PMC as "a PMC", as it can cause confusion about whether you are talking about the group or an individual.</p> </dd> <dt id="Podling">Podling<a class="headerlink" href="#Podling" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A <a href="#Codebase">codebase</a> and its <a href="#Community">community</a> while in the process of being incubated. See the description of the <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Process_Description.html">Incubation process</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="PPMC">PPMC<a class="headerlink" href="#PPMC" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><a href="#PPMC">Podling Project Management Committee</a>, the group of people with formal oversight of a <a href="#Podling">podling</a>.</p> <p>PPMC doesn't have a chair. It runs under the oversight of <a href="#IPMC">IPMC</a>, espeically the <a href="#Mentors">mentors</a> of the podling.</p> </dd> <dt id="President">President<a class="headerlink" href="#President" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Primary executive officer of the <a href="#ASF">ASF</a> , serving at the direction of the <a href="#Board">Board</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Project">Project<a class="headerlink" href="#Project" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>In the Apache Software Foundation, the term ' <em>project</em> ' typically refers to a <a href="#Community">community</a> focussed on one or more <a href="#Codebase">codebases</a> , overseen by a <a href="#PMC">PMC</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="ReleaseCandidate">Release Candidate<a class="headerlink" href="#ReleaseCandidate" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A source <a href="#Package">package</a> and other accompanying <a href="#Artifacts">artifacts</a> to be inspected to see whether they are ready for release. The PMC then votes whether to release the candidate.</p> </dd> <dt id="ReleaseManager">Release Manager<a class="headerlink" href="#ReleaseManager" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The individual who takes responsibility for shepherding a release through the release process to final distribution. Any project <a href="#Committer">committer</a> can serve as Release Manager. Often abbreviated as "RM".</p> </dd> <dt id="ReviewThenCommit">Review-Then-Commit<a class="headerlink" href="#ReviewThenCommit" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>(Often referenced as 'RTC' or 'R-T-C'.) Commit policy which requires that all changes receive <a href="#ConsensusApproval">consensus approval</a> before being committed to the code base. Compare <a href="#CommitThenReview">C-T-R</a> , and see the description of the <a href="voting.html">voting process</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Revolution">Revolution<a class="headerlink" href="#Revolution" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>In the Apache environment, some communities may decide to permit (or encourage) <em>revolutions</em> as ways of reconciling differences, particularly code changes which have been blocked on a particular branch by a veto. Originally described by James Duncan Davison in his 'Rules for Revolutionaries,' the concept has been adopted, formally or informally, by at least one Apache <a href="#Project">project</a>. Essentially, a revolution occurs when a group of committers decides to fork the current main branch in order to work on problematic code or concepts. This permits them to pursue it without disturbing the evolutionary work on the main branch. A revolutionary branch may eventually be merged back into the main branch, die out, split completely and become a new main branch, or may absorb the current main branch into itself (essentially no different than the first option). See the ' <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/learn/rules-for-revolutionaries.html">Rules for Revolutionaries</a> ' and compare <a href="#Evolution">Evolution</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Release">Release<a class="headerlink" href="#Release" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A <strong>Release</strong> is a package offered to the general public by The Apache Software Foundation.</p> </dd> <dt id="RTC">RTC , R-T-C<a class="headerlink" href="#RTC" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="#ReviewThenCommit">ReviewThenCommit</a></p> </dd> <dt id="SoftwareDarwinism">Software Darwinism<a class="headerlink" href="#SoftwareDarwinism" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A deceptively simple concept, often expressed as 'the best code survives'. The <a href="#Evolution">evolutionary</a> processes inherent in the Apache peer-review environment support this idea.</p> </dd> <dt id="SGA">Software Grant Agreement<a class="headerlink" href="#SGA" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="/licenses/#grants">details of SGAs</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="STATUSfiles">STATUS files<a class="headerlink" href="#STATUSfiles" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Due to the noninteractive style of communication practised by most of the Apache development projects, maintaining a record of decisions made -- and in progress -- can be a useful thing. A number of the Apache projects accomplish this through the use of a file, typically named <code>STATUS</code> , stored in the project's own code repository. In addition to keeping existing developers informed of current issues, such files also provide useful information to new would-be developers investigating the project.</p> </dd> <dt id="STV">STV<a class="headerlink" href="#STV" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Single Transferable Vote, used in Apache board elections for example. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote</a></p> </dd> <dt id="Subversion">Subversion<a class="headerlink" href="#Subversion" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>A <a href="#version-control">version control system</a> that is "a compelling replacement for <a href="#CVS">CVS</a> ". A minority of projects use Subversion (SVN).</p> </dd> <dt id="SVN">SVN<a class="headerlink" href="#SVN" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>See <a href="#Subversion">Subversion</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="tabled">tabled<a class="headerlink" href="#tabled" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The term 'tabled' may be seen in minutes of Board meetings. For example, "Special Order 7H, ... , was tabled." In that context it means 'postponed' or 'deferred'.</p> </dd> <dt id="TLP">TLP<a class="headerlink" href="#TLP" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Top Level Project, see also <a href="#PMC">PMC</a></p> </dd> <dt id="Treasurer">Treasurer<a class="headerlink" href="#Treasurer" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>The treasurer of the <a href="#ASF">ASF</a> is an <a href="#Officer">officer</a> of the corporation, and is responsible for managing the funds and assets of the Foundation, reporting tax information, and so on. The treasurer need not be a <a href="#Member">member</a> of the Foundation, nor a <a href="#Director">director</a>, though the role is often filled by someone who is.</p> </dd> <dt id="Troll">Troll<a class="headerlink" href="#Troll" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Some definitions:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.askdavetaylor.com/whats_a_troll_and_a_zombie.html">Gentle</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.urban75.com/Mag/troll.html">Naughty</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_trolls">Definitive</a></li> </ul> <p>For how to deal with trolls, see <a href="https://lists.apache.org/thread/wm9g4tlnf9j9c52t7syozx19fhxzd92z">this thread</a> but (for those who are impatient) here's <a href="https://lists.apache.org/thread/z3h9w7mw8bs1gpy44vkyz9nht1bvhpbf">Ted's opinion</a> (which acts as a good summary).</p> </dd> <dt id="User">User<a class="headerlink" href="#User" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Someone who uses our software. Users contribute to Apache projects by providing feedback to developers in the form of bug reports and feature suggestions. Users participate in the Apache community by helping other users on mailing lists and user support forums.</p> </dd> <dt id="version-control">Version Control System<a class="headerlink" href="#version-control" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>Version control systems provide the ability to track (and potentially revert) incremental changes to files, reporting them to a mailing list as they are made, and can be used concurrently by many developers. All of the Foundation's code and documentation are managed in such systems thus providing a complete history for each codebase. See <a href="#git">Git</a>, <a href="#Subversion">Subversion</a> and <a href="#CVS">CVS</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Veto">Veto<a class="headerlink" href="#Veto" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p>According to the Apache methodology, a change which has been made or proposed may be blocked through the exercise of a veto by a committer to the <a href="#Codebase">codebase</a> in question. If the <a href="#ReviewThenCommit">R-T-C</a> commit policy is in effect, a veto prevents the change from being made. In either the R-T-C or <a href="#CommitThenReview">C-T-R</a> environments, a veto applied to a change that has already been made forces it to be reverted. Vetoes may not be overridden nor voted down, and only cease to apply when the committer who issued the veto withdraws it. All vetoes <em>must</em> be accompanied by a valid technical justification; a veto without such a justification is invalid. In case of doubt, deciding whether a technical justification is valid is up to the PMC. Vetoes force discussion and, if supported, version control rollback or appropriate code changes. Vetoed code commits are best reverted by the original committer, unless an urgent solution is needed (e.g., build breakers). Vetoes only apply to code or documentation changes; they do not apply to procedural issues such as software releases.</p> </dd> <dt id="Vice-President">Vice-President<a class="headerlink" href="#Vice-President" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><a href="#ASF">ASF</a> vice-presidents are <a href="#Officer">officers</a> of the corporation, with authority over and responsibility for specific areas of the Foundation's work. <a href="#PMC">PMC</a> <a href="#Chair">chairs</a> are vice-presidents given charge of the proper operation of their <a href="#Project">projects</a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="Vote">Vote<a class="headerlink" href="#Vote" title="Permalink">¶</a></dt> <dd> <p><strong>1.</strong> The process of making a formal decision. ('The vote for foo will close in three days.')</p> <p><strong>2.</strong> The expression of a positive or negative opinion, or a veto, as part of a formal decision. ('My vote is -1 because foo smells bad.')</p> <p><strong>Binding votes</strong> are those cast by the PMC committers for the <a href="#Project">project</a> to which the decision applies. 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