The story, as I heard it, was that since the "Apache HTTP Server grew from patches applied to the NCSA Server, a pun on the name quickly spread amongst members of the community, with the rumor being that 'Apache' actually stood for 'a ‘patchy’ server.'"They wrote, it was based on a "frankly outdated spaghetti-Western “romantic” presentation of a living and vibrant community as dead and gone in order to build a technology company 'for the greater good” is as ignorant as it is offensive.'"Therefore, Natives in Tech urges "The Apache Software Foundation to take the necessary steps needed to express the ally-ship they promote so deeply on their website, to act in accordance with their own code of conduct, to “be careful in the words that [they] choose,” and change their name."Since I know many of Behlendorf and the other original Apache project founders, I'm sure they never meant to offend anyone.For example, the Washington Redskins NFL team, which only rebranded as the Commanders in 2022, and the Cleveland Indians MLB team, with its racist Chief Wahoo logo, only got rid of it in 2018 and changed its name to the Cleveland Guardians in 2022."