Merit GateD Consortium Documentation

New Membership Categories

Academic and Research Members

Privileges of Membership

The privileges of Academic and Research Membership are for the tools, sources, and binaries related to one of the following GateD Product lines:

1. GateD Unicast (version 4)

(Click here for Version 4 Academic and Research License.)

2. GateD Multicast (version 5)

(Click here for Version 5 Academic and Research License.)

3. GateD IPv6 (version 6)

(Click here for Version 6 Academic and Research License.)

The Privileges are:

Technical Privileges

Binary Distribution to registered machines.

Registration of Machines can be done on the GateD Consortium Web page. Updating of the Machine registration can also be done via the GateD Web Page during the membership.

Memberships last for 1 year. Academic and Research Members can update their membership via the GateD Consortium Web page.

Source code be distributed to registered machines only at the academic and research sites.

Source code may not distributed in commerical products or to any other machines except to the registered machines.

Access to GateD Member-only Documentation and Tools.

Research Privileges

Mention on the Merit GateD Web Pages for Products and Services.

Ability to post Papers related to GateD on the GateD-Research Page.

Any GateD Developer who develops source code or tools receives a special GateD Developer's t-shirt.

No Cost for Academic and Research Membership

The Merit GateD Consoritium is pleased to provide the Academic and Research Membership free to those members of the Internet those members who are engaged in using GateD in academic and research applications.

The Academic and Research member must:

1. Register all machines where GateD sources or binaries will be used on. The updating of machine registration may occur via the Merit GateD Web Page.
2. Not redistribute the source or binaries to any non-registered machines, or in any commercial product.
3. Sign the Academic and Research Membership

On-line signing is under investigation. For now, please pull a membership form, sign it and send it. Please indicate on the membership the amchines you will be using for GateD Srouces and/or binaries for. This list may be updated via the GateD Web.

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Merit Network, Inc.
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MI 48105-2785 

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