# Chapter 3 - GateD Consortium Information

## Contents:

### 3.1 The GateD Consortium

### 3.2 Becoming a GateD Member

### 3.3 GateD Consortium Home Page

### 3.4 Licensing GateD Source Code

### 3.5 Copyright Information

## 3.1 The GateD Consortium

The GateDaemon Consortium presents a formal structure to support and expand the current successful collaborations already in place to develop GateD functionality to:

- improve communication about and interchange of key technologies
- allow functionality needed by the community to be delivered on a more timely basis
- build a broader funding base for a predictable future
- streamline licensing procedures
- improve technology transfer between academic and industry

Membership is open to all organizations interested in supporting and participating in the development of internetwork routing protocols. Membership is not a prerequisite for licensing of GateD source code. More information about the GateD Consortium may be obtained from the GateD Consortium Welcome Page or my e-mail: consortium-interest@gated.merit.edu.

## 3.2 Becoming A GateD Member

Becoming a members is easy. Membership depends on how you are going to use GateD.

If you are planning, to use GateD in a Commercial product or an Internet Service product you should apply for one of the following membership categories:

- Gold Membership
- Commercial Membership
- Small Commercial Membership
- Service Membership
- Small Service Membership

You can fill out an application form via

If you are planning to use GateD for Academic and Research purposes, you may apply for Academic and Research Membership. This membership is available to those using GateD for research and academic purposes only. Commercial uses include using GateD in a product that is sold as a commercial product or used to provide a commerical service.

You can become a GateD Academic and Research member by filling out a GateD Membership form on the Gated Web page at `www.gated.org`.

## 3.3 The GateD Consortium Home Page

Further information about GateD may be obtained from the GateD Consortium Home Page with an HTML viewer. The GateD Web pages include:

- Information about Merit GateD Consortium Membership

- Code, Tools and on-line Documentation for most Gated Releases

1. Gated-Old (version 3.0)
2. Gated (3.5)
3. GateD-Unicast (4.0)
4. Gated-Multicast (5.0)
5. Gated-IPv6 (6.0)

- Support and Service (Mail lists, Bugs, Release dates)

- Information about the Merit GateD Consortium

- GateD's use in the Network

- GateD's Reference Library

## 3.4 Licensing GateD Source Code

The GateD source code, tools and documentation is based on three different product lines: GateD Unicast, GateD Multicast, and GateD IPv6. Each of the products has its own software base, release dates, and product descriptions.

New GateD Source code, tools and internal documentation is available to GateD members only . Binaries for utilities or on-line documentation is available for anonymous ftp or via the web.

Members of the Academic and Research community can join the Merit GateD Consortium by simply filling out a GateD Academic and Research membership. This membership simply requires that the member:

- sign the GateD Membership,
- register the machines to GateD. Source code and/or binaries will be distributed, and
- agree to return any enhancements to the project for redistribution.

The term of each of the Merit GateD Consortium licenses is 1 year.

A Gold membership spans two product lines and allows for commercial redistribution for both product lines. The other membership categories are in respect to a particular product line. Membership is a requirement for distribution of GateD sources or binaries.

For commercial redistribution you need to become either a Gold member, or a Commercial member , or Small Commercial member. For redistribution to support a Commercial Internet Service, you need to become either a Service member or a Small Service member. Each of the commercial memberships require a fee.

For redistribution of binaries and sources within the Academic and Research community, you must become an Academic and Research member.

## 3.5 Copyright Information

The following are the short forms of the copyrights that apply to GateD. If you are reading this document with an HTML viewer, click on them to see the legalese in excruciating detail.

GateD

- Copyright (c) 1996 The Regents of the University of Michigan All Rights Reserved

License to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation can be obtained from Merit at the University of Michigan.

This package and associated documentation is Copyright (c) 1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995 Cornell University., all rights reserved. This software contains code that is Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California., all rights reserved.;

OSPF

- This package contains code that is Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1991 The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland., all rights reserved.

Note: OSPF_2 code (version 2 with RFC 1583 support) does not require the University of Maryland Copyright.

ISIS

- This package contains code that is Copyright 1991 D.L.S. Associates., all rights reserved.

Last updated April 27, 1997