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That's not quite the right emphasis.

Apache is happy to provide a home for any community that is willing to adhere to our governance rules and traditions. Competing projects are OK.

Projects are almost never rejected because preparing a proposal for incubation is rigorous and many projects who would be a poor fit self-select out.

Source: former VP Apache Incubator, who has both helped prepare successful proposals and privately counseled projects who decided not to come to Apache.