Ask HN: What're the advantages of becoming an Apache project?
I have been reading Apache Software Foundation website (https://www.apache.org/#) but I am unable to decipher what are the benefits an open source software gets by becoming an Apache project. As far as I can tell it is not the Apache license; any OSS can use the Apache license. The bar to becoming Apache project also seems pretty high so I am assuming there must be lot of benefits that I am missing. Is someone here familiar with ASF and can shed light on why one should consider making their OSS an Apache project? Thanks in advance. It gives maintainers legal protections and prospective users some idea/promises of the project governance. In the past, it gave you infrastructure too, but that is not so relevant anymore. Could you expand more on the legal protections? I'd assume that many people view it as an honor and a credential. For what it's worth I vaguely remember listening to a podcast episode some years ago where some people were discussing a decision to become an Apache project. It may have been this one (but not sure as I didn't listen to it again): https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/378