The ASF is a 501C3 non-profit corporation in the US - and there's a lot going on the corporate side of the ASF, to keep the corporate records and infrastructure that the many Apache projects you use working.
Below is a listing of the officers and people who make the corporate side of the ASF work. Here are a few more links that explain how corporate governance works at the ASF, which is separate from how Apache PMCs work.
| Individual(s) holding this role | Roman Shaposhnik |
| Who this role reports to (the board, another officer, etc.) | board |
| Mailing list for questions | legal-discuss@apache.org |
| Board resolution originally creating or updating role | https://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2007/board_minutes_2007_03_28.txt |
| Other board resolutions related to this role | https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Appoint_Vice_President__Legal_Affairs.html |
| Public website for more information | http://www.apache.org/legal/ |
Create an [VP and] Executive Committee charged with establishing and managing legal policies based on the advice of legal counsel and the interests of the Foundation.
Oversee decisions and documentation of any legal questions by projects.
Interactions with VP Legal and with the committee should occur in the following ways.
In cases of 1-3 if there is some lasting update that requires update to our policies, or some other means, then those updates will be enacted by VP, Legal to the website and pushed in a more static permanent, and possibly public URL.