Contributing to the Apache Software Foundation on ASF Community Development

ASF Community Etiquette Guidelines

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The ASF and our many projects welcome all participants. Before you begin, it is important to review and respect our community guidelines. We have a few ASF-specific tips below.

Code of Conduct ¶

The ASF has adopted a Code of Conduct which covers interactions in all the online spaces that ASF projects use - email, issue trackers, wikis, websites, IRC, and the like. ASF projects are made up of volunteers, and we work to ensure that all productive contributions are welcomed. Every PMC is expected to ensure their project’s lists show proper behavior.

ASF volunteers, mentors and speakers

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Here’s a list of ASF community members who volunteer to mentor new community members and/or to be speakers at ASF-related events.

Project names shown in bold mean that the corresponding person is a PMC member of that project.

ASF volunteer mentors & speakers ¶

In alphabetical order of ASF IDs.

altay # speaker
bdelacretaz # mentor, speaker
cdutz # mentor, speaker
clr # mentor, speaker
curcuru # mentor, speaker
dirkx # speaker
glauesppen # mentor, speaker
jbonofre # mentor, speaker
kanchana # mentor
ningjiang # mentor, speaker
potiuk # mentor, speaker
rbowen # mentor, speaker
rvs # mentor, speaker
tison # mentor, speaker

Becoming a committer

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Disclaimer ¶

Nothing in this post should be construed as a guarantee. You can do everything listed here, for years, and still not become a committer. This is because the decision is made by individuals on the project PMC, who do things for their own reasons.

Mailing lists

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The ASF has a long tradition of using mailing lists as the primary communication format in projects. This is not merely because we’ve always done it that way, but is an intentional decision for the health and sustainability of our communities.

Inclusion and transparency ¶

Mailing lists ensure that all members of the community can participate on a level field, regardless of time zone or availability, whereas synchronous communication platforms (IRC, Slack, Discord, etc.) benefit only those who are online, and in the channel, at the time of the conversation.

Non-code contributions

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Non-code contributions ¶

While most people think of contributing code when they think of open source participation, and most project contribution guides focus on code contributions, there are many other ways to contribute to an open source project.

Ways to contribute ¶

There are many broad categories of non-code contributions. This list is not comprehensive. Indeed, whatever your passion or expertise, there is probably a place for you to participate in some Apache project, or at the Foundation level.