Mission statement

The mission of the Logging Services project is the development and maintanance of open-source software for tracing and logging of application behavior.

Board resolution

Logging Services project was created by the following resolution of the Board of Directors, dated 2003-12-17.


   Board Resolution for the creation of the Logging Services PMC 



   WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best

   interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's

   purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with

   the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to the

   logging of application behavior, for distribution at no charge to

   the public.



   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee

   (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Logging Services PMC", be and

   hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be

   it further



   RESOLVED, that the Apache Logging Services PMC be and hereby is

   responsible for the creation and maintenance of software for

   managing the logging of application behavior, and for related

   software components, based on software licensed to the Foundation;

   and be it further



   RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Logging

   Services" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office

   to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of

   the Apache Logging Services PMC, and to have primary responsibility

   for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility

   of the Apache Logging Services PMC; and be it further



   RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby

   are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Logging

   Services PMC:



      Scott Deboy

      Ceki Gülcü

      Jacob Kjome 

      Yoav Shapira 

      Paul Smith 

      Mark Womack



   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mr. Ceki

   Gülcü be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice

   President, Apache Logging Services, to serve in accordance with and

   subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws

   of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or

   disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it

   further



   RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Logging Services PMC be and

   hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to

   encourage open development and increased participation in the

   Apache Logging Services Project; and be it further



   RESOLVED, that the initial Logging Services PMC be and hereby is

   tasked with the migration and rationalization of the log4j Apache

   Jakarta subproject; and be it further



   RESOLVED, that the initial Logging Services PMC be and hereby is

   tasked with the migration and integration of the sister projects,

   namely but not exclusively, Log4Perl, Log4Net, Log4Cxx (c++),

   Log4CPlus, Log4PHP and Log4plsql, subject to the will and approval

   of the respective project owners and communities.


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