Title: Press Release Boilerplates
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The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) maintains a number of boilerplates, 
or short paragraphs describing the ASF for use in releases or announcements of various kinds.

**Note:** Formal press releases (i.e. distributed through newswires)
made by the ASF, or jointly made with another organization must be 
approved by the [VP, Marketing and Publicity][M&P] 
before release, and must include the press release boilerplate below.
Third parties may **not** use the ASF boilerplate in releases without 
explicit permission.

[M&P]: http://www.apache.org/press/ "ASF Marketing and Publicity"

### Press Release Boilerplate ###

Formal press releases on behalf of the ASF must use the long form 
of the press release boilerplate below, unless there is a specific 
reason to use the short form.

> **About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)**
> 
> Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than sixty-five 
> leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server -- the world's most 
> popular Web server software. Through The ASF's meritocratic process known as 
> "The Apache Way", nearly 300 individual Members and 2,000 Committers successfully 
> collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting 
> millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed 
> under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing 
> lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user 
> conference, trainings, and expo. The ASF is funded by individual donations and 
> corporate sponsors including Google, HP, Microsoft, Progress Software,  SpringSource, 
> and Yahoo! 
> 
> For more information, visit [http://www.apache.org/][ASF]
> 

[ASF]: http://www.apache.org/ "the Apache Software Foundation"


### Project Release Or General Announcement Boilerplate ###

Project release announcements or other general public announcements 
made by any ASF PMC should use the general boilerplate 
below as a way to show consistency and community across the various 
projects at the ASF.  Append this as part of the footer of any 
major email announcements made. 
        
For best results, make the link clickable, 
and always send it to the apache.org home page.

> **About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)**
> 
> Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, 
> legal, and financial support for more than 100 freely-available, 
> collaboratively-developed Open Source projects. The pragmatic Apache License 
> enables individual and commercial users to easily deploy Apache software; 
> the Foundation's intellectual property framework limits the legal exposure 
> of its 2,500+ contributors. 
> 
> For more information, visit [http://www.apache.org/] [ASF]

[ASF]: http://www.apache.org/ "Apache Software Foundation"

### Contact Us ###

For any other questions about press releases, you may
contact us via email at
[press@apache.org](mailto:press@apache.org?subject=[Press] Release Boilerplate Request).
All technical questions or questions about
[individual projects](http://projects.apache.org/)
announcements or communications should always be directed to the appropriate
[project mailing list](http://apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html).