Editing Apache HTTP Server (section)

==Name==
According to [[The Apache Software Foundation]], its name was chosen "from respect for the various [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] nations collectively referred to as [[Apache]], well-known for their superior skills in warfare strategy and their inexhaustible endurance".<ref name="Apache Foundation">{{cite web |title=Apache Foundation |url=https://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html#name |website=www.apache.org |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213004914/https://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html#name |url-status=live }}</ref> This was in a context in which it seemed that the open internet—based on free exchange of open source code—appeared to be soon subjected to a kind of conquer by proprietary software vendor [[Microsoft]]; Apache co-creator [[Brian Behlendorf]]—originator of the name—saw his effort somewhat parallel that of [[Geronimo]], Chief of the last of the free Apache peoples.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUt2nb0mgwg&t=234 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211122/JUt2nb0mgwg| archive-date=2021-11-22 | url-status=live|title="Trillions and Trillions Served" documentary feature on The Apache Software Foundation |publisher=TheApacheFoundation / Youtube |date=2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_dhmGNeNEc&t=2700 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211122/u_dhmGNeNEc| archive-date=2021-11-22 | url-status=live|title=A Foundation of Trust: Building a Blockchain Future : Brian Behlendorf |date=2020-02-10 |publisher=Long Now Foundation / YouTube }}{{cbignore}}</ref> But it conceded that the name "also makes a cute [[pun]] on 'a patchy [[web server]]'—a server made from a series of [[Patch (computing)|patches]]".

There are other sources for the "patchy" software pun theory, including the project's official documentation in 1995, which stated: "Apache is a cute name which stuck. It was based on some existing code and a series of software patches, a pun on 'A PAtCHy' server."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apache.org/info.html |title=Information on the Apache HTTP Server Project |date=1997-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970415054031/http://www.apache.org/info.html |archive-date=April 15, 1997 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions|url=http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#relate|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970106233141/http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#relate |archive-date=1997-01-06}}</ref>

But in an April 2000 interview, Behlendorf asserted that the origins of Apache were not a pun, stating:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linux-mag.com/id/472/|title=Apache Power|work=Linux Magazine |first = Robert|last = McMillan|date = 15 April 2000|url-status=usurped|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190128065900/http://www.linux-mag.com/id/472/ |archive-date = 28 January 2019}}</ref>

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|The name literally came out of the blue. I wish I could say that it was something fantastic, but it was out of the blue. I put it on a page and then a few months later when this project started, I pointed people to this page and said: "Hey, what do you think of that idea?" ... Someone said they liked the name and that it was a really good pun. And I was like, "A pun? What do you mean?" He said, "Well, we're building a [[Server (computing)|server]] out of a bunch of software patches, right? So it's a patchy Web server." I went, "Oh, all right." ... When I thought of the name, no. It just sort of connoted: "Take no prisoners. Be kind of aggressive and kick some ass."
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In January 2023, the US-based non-profit Natives in Tech accused the Apache Software Foundation of [[cultural appropriation]] and urged them to change the foundation's name, and consequently also the names of the software projects it hosts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |date=2023-01-11 |title=Native Americans ask Apache foundation to change name |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/11/native_american_apache_software_foundation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112000842/https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/11/native_american_apache_software_foundation/ |archive-date=2023-01-12 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=[[The Register]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Purdy |first=Kevin |date=2023-01-12 |title=Indigenous tech group asks Apache Foundation to change its name |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/indigenous-tech-group-asks-apache-foundation-to-change-its-name/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |archive-date=2023-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112181127/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/indigenous-tech-group-asks-apache-foundation-to-change-its-name/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

When Apache is running under [[Unix]], its process name is {{code|httpd}}, which is short for "HTTP [[Daemon (computing)|daemon]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Apache Docs |url=https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/invoking.html |website=httpd.apache.org |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905182937/http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/invoking.html |url-status=live }}</ref>