Apache projects carry with them reputation of the ASF itself, not just in regard to software quality, but also in regard to governance. The desire to not have p

Apache projects carry with them reputation of the ASF itself, not just in regard to software quality, but also in regard to governance. The desire to not have projects that aren’t beholden to those standards being mistaken as one who do makes perfect sense, as is the case here: the headline made me thought Apache Kafka and its PMC were at fault.