nd open archive formats that are expected to stay readable in the long term.</p>

        <p>Releases are source code and are performed and distributed in the standard ASF way.</p>

        <h3>RE20</h3>

        <p>The project's PMC (Project Management Committee, see CS10) approves each software release to make the release an act of the Foundation.</p>

        <p>Each release has been voted on, following ASF policy, by the PPMC.</p>

        <h3>RE30</h3>

        <p>Releases are signed and/or distributed