When I came to the ASF originally, I didn't know anything about it. About the only thing it requires is a diverse group of people to work together to build something. Being honest is a wonderfully liberating thing to do coming from the commercial world where you're always trying to convince people that what you're doing is better and it's the best. The value of Apache is that it's not seeking glory and not demanding glory. Really do believe it's a better way of building software.