Here are the detailed answers for each of the categories above.
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You unexpectedly see an Apache
HTTP Server installation page when you visit a Web site.
If you have sent us mail because you saw a page saying
'It Worked!' (or something similar indicating that Apache
has been installed) on your screen or a Web site you visited,
please go back and READ the page. It should explain what is
going on. The page is the equivalent of a demo or the ReadMe
file from a Windows application installation; it is intended
for the person who installed the software and is supposed to
show that the installation was completed successfully. The
problem you are experiencing has nothing to do with us, and
we cannot help you. You need to contact the Webmaster for
the site. If the site is www.foo.com, for instance, try
sending mail to <webmaster@foo.com>. If it's
www.toddsbeer.org, send mail to <webmaster@toddsbeer.org>.
And so on.
Some older versions of the 'It Worked!' page (supplied with older
versions of the software) don't say that, or are mysterious or
ambiguous. What they should say, and what the recent versions
say, is something like this!
"It Worked! The Apache Web Server is Installed on this Web
Site!
"If you can see this page, then the people who own this
domain have just installed the Apache Web server software
successfully. They now have to add content to this directory
and replace this placeholder page, or else point the server
at their real content.
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"If you are seeing this page instead of the site you expected,
please contact the administrator of the site involved. (Try
sending mail to <Webmaster@domain>.) Although this site is
running the Apache software it almost certainly has no other
connection to the Apache Group, so please do not send mail
about this site or its contents to the Apache authors. If you
do, your message will be ignored.
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You see an Apache HTTP Server installation message
on your own computer.
If you think that the Apache HTTP Server software has somehow been
installed on your PC or laptop, don't worry: IT HASN'T.
The page you are seeing is from a remote Web site which has
installed our software and which you have visited. See
paragraph [1] above for an explanation.
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Your security software reported
an intrusion.
If you sent your message because your intrusion detection reported
an attack on your system and you clicked on the name or IP address of
the attacking system, please use the whois (if it reported a name) or
the ARIN (if it reported an address) databases to locate the actual
owner of the system. These databases are the master ones for the
Internet. See the links to them at the end of
this page.
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You think Apache has stolen or
hijacked one of your favourite Web sites.
If you think that Apache has somehow 'hijacked,' 'taken over,' or
otherwise blocked access to a Web site, IT HASN'T -- the
people who actually *run* the Web site have installed or upgraded
the Apache software which answers browser requests, and haven't
completed the upgrade yet. See paragraph [1]
above for suggestions on how to reach them for a status update.
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You're tracing spam.
If you have sent us mail because you think you
have traced spam to a system that displays the
'It Worked!' page, or another page indicating that
Apache is running on the system, the same advice
applies: it is not our system, they are just
using Web software we develop and distribute for free.
The Web software has nothing to do with email or spam,
it's just running on the same system. Apache has as much
to do with email as Tetris does, and assuming we're
responsible in any way for the spam is as reasonable
as blaming Microsoft and Microsoft Excel because
someone used Netscape to send you a nasty message.
We are not and can not be responsible for their activity.
See the last set of URLs below for
Internet databases that will help you find out who
actually owns the systems, domains, and/or IP addresses
involved.
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You have questions about the
Apache licence.
If you have sent mail about a licence issue or question, please
review the online licence
at the URL listed below. The gist of the licence is that you may use,
modify, and/or [re]distribute the Apache software as-is. As long as
you do not change the software, you may re-distribute it and call it
"Apache." If you alter the software in any way, other than tailoring
the configuration files or making it compilable on your platform, you
may only refer to it as being based upon Apache. In all cases,
altered or not, you must include attribution as described in
section 3 of the licence. If you have further questions, see our
licence FAQ; if that doesn't answer
them, send us mail.
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You have questions about Apache
software and U.S. export control numbers (ECCNs).
Please consult our detailed information on the export control status of The Apache
Software Foundation's products.
If a vendor is choosing to distribute ASF software, then it is
their responsibility to get whatever licences or other blessings
are needed for their application. You are advised to consult
your own IP/export attorney for further advice.
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You have questions about purchasing
Apache software or obtaining support for it.
All software produced by the Foundation is available
for download, by anyone and for free, from our Web sites
and mirrors. We do not sell it; we give it away. Neither
do we provide formal or commercial support for any of our
packages. There are a number of after-market commercial
concerns that do, however; please see our
listing
of those vendors. We endorse none of them; we merely list anyone
who asks.
Also see the "is it free"
and following sections in our licence FAQ.
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You have questions about
other Apache projects.
<URL:http://www.apache.org/foundation/projects.html>
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You have a community/codebase that
you would like to bring to the ASF.
See if it fits at another ASF project and/or go to Apache Incubator.
<URL:http://incubator.apache.org/>
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You have issues, bug reports, patches for a particular project.
Each Apache project uses an issue tracker dedicated to their
project. The best way is to go via that project's web pages.
If you still have trouble finding it, then try
issues.apache.org