Project Summary
The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, feature-rich, and freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation. This project is part of the Apache Software Foundation. In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and documentation to the project.
In a Nutshell, Apache HTTP Server...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 309 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 1996
ending with its most recent commit 3 days ago
Apache License 2.0
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