<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Merit GateD Consortium Documentation (16-Oct-1996)</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/3.01Gold (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4c) [Netscape]"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#D8D8BF" BACKGROUND="chalk.jpg"> <P><!C- by: Sue Hares, 16-Nov-1996 --!> </P> <H2>Version Dated: 12/1/96</H2> <H1> Merit GateD Consortium Agreement for Academic Supporting Members For GateD Version 5 </H1> <P> <HR></P> <P>This Agreement is made and entered into on this____________________ day of________________ between_________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as "Academic Supporting Member") and Merit at the University of Michigan (hereinafter referred to as "Lead Institution"), acting for and on behalf of the Merit GateD Consortium (hereinafter referred to as "Consortium".) The Academic Supporting Member hereby joins the Consortium and shall be entitled to Consortium benefits and accepts the limitations and responsibilities herein. </P> <H2>1. Consortium Purpose</H2> <P>The Consortium is a group of institutions and corporations which provides ongoing support to expand the development of the GateD software, an implementation of several routing protocols as a daemon to run on various versions of Unix. </P> <P>The Consortium will... </P> <UL> <LI>Foster professional collaboration between the GateD developers and Consortium Members. </LI> <LI>Allow timely delivery of needed functionality. </LI> <LI>Provide a distribution mechanism of new protocol implementations. </LI> </UL> <H2>2. GateD Project</H2> <P>The Merit GateD project produces GateD (pronounced "gate-dee"), a software program which is used by individuals and organizations around the world. GateD is used as a platform for new network routing protocol prototyping and a source of routing protocol implementations for use in testing. The complete set of routing protocols and function provided by GateD can provide the core for development of future products. </P> <H2>3. Academic Supporting Membership Benefits </H2> <P>Academic Supporting Membership in the Consortium is open to all organizations interested in support of the development of routing protocols. The Consortium will provide the following benefits to Academic Supporting Members: </P> <P><B>Technical</B> </P> <UL> <LI>a) Binary distribution of "GateD-Multicast binaries" in registered machines which the member uses to provide Internet services under the conditions specified in sections 7 and 8 for <B>GateD Version 5</B> upon signing of this agreement and for the 12 months of this membership is in effect. "GateD-Multicast binaries" are defined as binaries for the GateD Daemon and associated tools. </LI> <LI>b) Source code for <B>GateD Version 5</B>, also called GateD-Multicast, will be distributed to development teams at Academic Supporting Member's development or research sites during the 1 year term of membership. Source code may not be distributed in commercial products. Source code may be used under the conditions specified in section 8 of this agreement. </LI> <LI>c) Access to GateD Member-only Documentation and Tools. </LI> <LI>d) Early access to new source code, documentation and tools prior to a general release to Academic Supporting Members for a period agreed upon by Consortium Members but not less than three weeks. </LI> </UL> <P><B>Consortium</B> </P> <UL> <LI>e) Regular communications including paper releases and electronic communications as appropriate. Such communications shall detail GateD Project and Consortium developments and progress. </LI> <LI>f) 1 Voting Member attends GateD consortium Meetings. </LI> <LI>g) Invitation to attend periodic Technical Briefings and Progress Review, Academic Supporting Members shall have the following privileges: </LI> <UL> <LI>(i) input to GateD software development and deployment discussions. </LI> <LI>(ii) access at prescheduled times of mutual convenience to members of the GateD Project development team. </LI> </UL> </UL> <H2><FONT SIZE=+0>Research Privileges</FONT></H2> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=+0>h) Mention on the Merit GateD Web Pages for Products and Services.</FONT></LI> <LI>i) Ability to post Papers related to GateD on the GateD-Research Page.</LI> <LI><FONT SIZE=+0>j) Receive a special GateD Developer's t-shirt.</FONT><BR> <BR CLEAR=BOTH> <BR> </LI> </UL> <H2>4. Academic Supporting Membership Requirements </H2> <P>Academic Supporting Members shall make annual membership contributions to the Lead <BR> Institution of: </P> <UL> <LI>$5,000 - <B>per Product Line</B> for one year of membership </LI> </UL> <P>Upon execution of this Agreement, and during each year of paid-up membership, Members shall be entitled to the benefits of Consortium membership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement Membership contributions will be used to support the research and development of the programs and activities of the GateD Consortium. </P> <P>Annual membership fees shall cover 12 months of Consortium participation commencing with execution of this Agreement. The Lead Institution shall consult with Members prior to implementing any change in membership fees, and shall provide Members ninety (90) days written notice prior to commencement of the membership period for which the fee change would take effect. </P> <P>Membership fees shall become due to the Lead Institution upon execution of this Agreement. Checks shall be made payable to Merit and submitted to: </P> <PRE>Merit GateD Consortium Attn: Michele Dotson Merit Network, Inc. 4251 Plymouth Rd, Suite C Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785. </PRE> <P>At its option, the Lead Institution may accept equipment or other in-kind contribution of an equivalent value to the membership fee in lieu of cash payment. </P> <H2>5. Use of Names </H2> <P>Neither party to this Agreement shall make use of this Agreement, or use the other's name or that of any member of the other's staff for purposes of advertising or promotion without prior written approval of the other party. </P> <H2>6. Publications </H2> <P>The parties to this Agreement shall have the right, at their discretion, to release written information or to publish material which they have developed under this Agreement, provided that information release or publication is given to the Lead Institution for distribution to or review by Members at Lead Institution's option. Members agree to provide an advance copy if so requested by Lead Institution. </P> <H2>7. GateD Copyright and Licensing </H2> <H3>Background</H3> <P>The GateDaemon Project at Merit at the University of Michigan ("Merit") produces the GateD software, an implementation of several routing protocols as a daemon to run on various versions of Unix. GateDaemon was originated and developed through release 3.0 by Cornell University and its collaborators with funding from the National Science Foundation and other sources and with important contributions of code, testing, and documentation from a number of organizations. Merit has developed release 5.0 as part of the Merit GateD consortium. Merit provides copies of GateD to Academic Supporting Members for </P> <UL> <LI>a) Binary distribution for <B>GateD Version 5</B>, also called GateD-Multicast, in <I>registered machines which this Academic Supporting Member uses to provide Internet Service</I> , and </LI> <LI>b) Source code for <B>GateD Version 5</B>, also called GateD-Multicast, will be distributed to development teams at Member's corporate or research site during the 1 year term of membership. </LI> </UL> <H2>Redistribution of GateD</H2> <P>Those who wish to redistribute GateD may do so under this agreement with Merit. Anyone wishing to may transfer GateD or any part of GateD to any third party. Third parties are not authorized to sublicense or further redistribute GateD or any partof GateD. Third parties wishing to do so may be referred to Merit for information concerning memberships and licensing.</P> <P>Members are required to submit to Merit for distribution to the user community certain modifications and enhancements which they create or are created on their behalf using GateD. Such distribution of member-developed enhancements is for the benefit of the GateD user community and subject only to the GateD source file restrictions and, if applicable, to the appropriate GateD Redistribution License. </P> <P>The organizations who have shared in the ongoing development of GateD have done so in part based on their confidence that others in the user community will contribute on the same terms. However, the requirement to share GateD enhancements may conflict with an organization's effort to develop products for commercial use which may overlap GateD in function. The attached version of the GateD Redistribution License defines in greater detail the enhancements or modifications which are required to be returned for the benefit of the user community. As well, the agreement provides for certain cases which may be legitimately excluded from the requirement to return enhancements. GateD enhancements which entail third party proprietary materials, for example, are not required to be returned. Further, a provision has been added to allow a monetary contribution in lieu of return of particular enhancements. This provision allows GateD to be utilized in contexts which may become proprietary to a member while ensuring that such use contributes to the continued development, enhancement, support and public availability of the software. </P> <P>Please note that Merit's continued ability to make GateD available to the research and academic community at the current fee structure is contingent upon the University's incurring no additional liability from member's use of the software. Accordingly, the attached GateD Redistribution License holds Merit harmless from liability arising from member's use of GateD under the agreement. As written, the scope of liability protection reserved by Merit is limited to only that which would not have arisen but for a member's use of GateD. In addition, the indemnification of Merit is further qualified to exclude liability resulting from University negligence. </P> <P>The rights conveyed to Members under this agreement for <B>GateD Version 4 </B>(also called GateD- Multicast) are non-transferable.</P> <P>Lead Institution provides copies of GateD upon request to Members and use as permitted by the copyright and subject to other restrictions contained in the GateD source files. </P> <P>Those who wish to redistribute GateD may do so by becoming a member and executing a GateD Membership and Redistribution License with the Lead Institution. </P> <H2>8. GateD Redistribution </H2> <P>The Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of its operating unit, Merit, (Merit) agrees to grant and does hereby grant to _____________ (Academic Supporting Member) a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, worldwide, revocable license to use, reproduce, modify and redistribute the software entitled "G<B>ateway Daemon, Release 5</B>" (GateD) with Member's products, subject to the following terms: </P> <UL> <LI>8-1 Academic Supporting Member may only redistribute "<B>GateD-Multicast binaries"</B> as defined in section 3-a in this Academic Supporting Members commercial machines. </LI> <LI>8-2 Academic Supporting Member's use of <B>GateD Version 5 </B>(GateD-Multicast) source code may only be redistributed as specified in section 3-b. All redistribution shall be subject to all copyright and other restrictions contained in the <B>GateD Version 5 </B>source files. Such copyright notices and other restrictions as they currently appear in the source files are listed in Appendix A, attached, which shall be a part of this Agreement for all purposes. </LI> <LI>8-2 Each redistribution of <B>GateD Version 5 </B>(GateD-Multicast) source code to the Academic Supporting Member's sites hereunder shall include the copyright and other restrictions as listed in Appendix A, as well as the credit legends contained in the GateD source files. </LI> <LI>8-3. Upon specific, prior, written approval of Merit, the Academic Supporting Member may grant third parties the non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, worldwide, revocable license to use, reproduce, modify and redistribute <B>GateD Version 5 </B>binaries; provided that, the Academic Supporting Member shall require any such sublicensee to abide by the terms of provision 8-5 of this Agreement, either via Member or directly to Merit, and that such sublicense shall be subject to all copyright and other restrictions contained in the <B>GateD Version 5 </B>source files. </LI> <LI>8-4 Any documentation which is included as part of Member's redistribution of <B>Version 5 of GateD </B>(GateD-Multicast) shall include the following statement: </LI> <PRE> © 1995 The Regents of the University of Michigan all rights reserved. Gate Daemon was originated and developed through release 3.0 by Cornell University and its collaborators. </PRE> <LI>8-5 Versions of <B>GateD Version 5 </B>or related documentation that are to be redistributed by Member in any altered form shall be labeled or otherwise marked as modified versions of GateD-Multicast. </LI> <LI>8-6 The Academic Supporting Members shall use reasonable efforts to provide Merit with copies of all modifications and enhancements made by Academic Supporting Member or on Academic Supporting Member's behalf (Academic Supporting Member's Enhancements) to GateD or related documentation, for a period of three years from the date of execution of this Agreement. Member hereby grants Merit a non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify and redistribute such Academic Supporting Member Enhancements as part of current and future releases of GateD without accounting to Academic Supporting Member. Academic Supporting Member Enhancements which are subject to such Merit license shall be further defined as follows: </LI> <LI>8.6.1 Changes to GateD software or documentation made by Academic Supporting Member or on Academic Supporting Member's behalf. </LI> <LI>8.6.2 Documentation prepared by Academic Supporting Member or on its behalf to accompany Academic Supporting Member's redistribution of GateD. </LI> <LI>8.6.3 Software modules made by Academic Supporting Member or on its behalf that are closely bound with GateD, or that use facilities of GateD such as protocol task support, or that extend or modify core GateD facilities. </LI> <LI>8.6.3.1 In a Unix environment, modules linked into GateD and executed as part of the daemon are considered closely bound. </LI> <LI>8.6.3.2 If a software module executes separately from GateD (for example, as another daemon or as part of the kernel) and communicates with GateD via the routing socket or a new, defined communications interface, then the module need not be considered an Academic Supporting Member Enhancement subject to Merit license. However, a new interface added to GateD to support such a module, together with documentation sufficient to facilitate its general use, would be an Academic Supporting Member Enhancement subject to Merit license. </LI> <LI>8.6.3.3 Even though Unix concepts such as linking, sockets, daemon, etc., may not apply or have the same names in non-Unix environments, a corresponding distinction shall be made between software which is closely bound and uses GateD facilities (and is thus subject to Merit license) and software that uses a narrowly defined interface to communicate with GateD but executes separately (and thus is not subject to Merit license). </LI> <LI>8.6.4 A particular Academic Supporting Member Enhancement shall not be subject to Merit license and thus need not be returned if such an Academic Supporting Member Enhancement: </LI> <LI>8.6.4.1 is specific to unique hardware or software environments proprietary to Academic Supporting Member and is essentially useless outside such proprietary environment, or </LI> <LI>8.6.4.2 consists of or derives from software used by Academic Supporting Member under license from a third party and the license granted by Academic Supporting Member to Merit under this Agreement would violate the terms of Academic Supporting Member's license with such third party, or </LI> <LI>8.6.4.3 is considered proprietary to Academic Supporting Member, and Academic Supporting Member chooses to make a monetary contribution to the ongoing maintenance and development of GateD in lieu of the license granted to Merit under this Agreement. Academic Supporting Member shall pay Merit $50,000.00 for each Academic Supporting Member Enhancement where Academic Supporting Member elects not to convey to Merit the license to which Academic Supporting Member Enhancements would otherwise be subject pursuant to this Agreement. </LI> <LI>8.6.5 Academic Supporting Member shall notify Merit in writing of each Academic Supporting Member Enhancement which Academic Supporting Member plans to include in a redistribution of GateD but which Academic Supporting Member feels ought not be subject to Merit license. Such notice should give justification why such Merit license ought not apply. In response to Academic Supporting Member's request to provide payment in lieu of Merit license pursuant to </LI> <LI>8.6.4.3, above, Merit shall issue to Academic Supporting Member a modification to this Agreement waiving the Merit license in the particular Academic Supporting Member Enhancement. The payment specified in 8.6.4.3 shall become due upon execution of such amendment to this Agreement. </LI> <LI>8.7 While it is Merit's intention to continue to support GateD software, Merit is under no obligation to do so. </LI> <LI>8.8 Merit University makes no representation as to the suitability of GateD for any purpose. GATED IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. </LI> <LI>8.9 Academic Supporting Member agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Merit and Cornell University from any loss, claim, damage or liability of any kind, including attorney's fees and court costs, arising out of or in connection with any redistribution or other use of GateD by Academic Supporting Member under this Agreement, except to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises from the negligence of Merit. Merit agrees to provide Academic Supporting Member with prompt notification of any such claims and to cooperate fully in any investigation or litigation. </LI> <LI>8.10 This Agreement may be canceled by Merit and the license conveyed hereunder revoked in the event of Academic Supporting Member's failure to comply with the Agreement terms. Such cancellation shall be by written notice to Academic Supporting Member stating the reason(s) therefore. Upon Academic Supporting Member's request and at Merit's option, Merit may grant Academic Supporting Member a specified time in which to correct Academic Supporting Member's failure to comply. Merit's right to cancel this Agreement shall be in addition to any right Merit may have by law or equity for relief, including injunctive relief, for Academic Supporting Member's failure to comply with the Agreement terms. </LI> </UL> <H2>9. Proprietary Information </H2> <P>The Consortium exists to continue development of GateD in an open, collaborative, non-proprietary environment in order to ensure its continued broad applicability and availability to the Internet community. </P> <P>Accordingly, all Proprietary Information including, proprietary research, trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive information should not be disclosed by Members under this Agreement nor in any way become embodied in or restrict the use of GateD related software or Consortium materials. </P> <H2>10. Intellectual Property </H2> <P>The Consortium has been created to foster broad collaboration in the implementation of routing protocols. However, the Consortium may lead to interest in new areas of research or application. If so, such activities shall be pursued via separate agreements in order to establish the necessary collaborative and financial terms among the interested parties. </P> <P>Discoveries which may be subject to intellectual property protection are not anticipated to arise from the Consortium activities under this Agreement. As a result, and to facilitate the freest possible exchange of information among Members, this Agreement conveys no intellectual property rights between the Lead Institution and Members. </P> <H2>11. Staff Agreements </H2> <P>Each Member shall, as a condition of its participation, represent and warrant that it has or shall obtain, prior to the commencement of Consortium activities under this Agreement, appropriate agreements with its employees/students or others who may participate in Consortium activities sufficient to ensure compliance with all the terms of this Agreement. </P> <H2>12. Term </H2> <P>The Agreement shall become effective upon execution of this Agreement and shall continue in force for additional one-year periods, subject to Member's payment of annual membership fees at the level established for each membership year. </P> <P>Member may terminate this Agreement upon sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Lead Institution. The Lead Institution may terminate this Agreement upon sixty (60) days prior written notice to Member. In the event of termination by Lead Institution, Member shall be refunded a pro-rata share of any fees paid for membership periods not concluded as of notice of termination. Upon such termination all Member obligations and benefits shall cease. </P> <H2>12. Notices</H2> <P>All notices shall be in writing and effective upon receipt. Notices shall be sent to the following addresses: </P> <PRE>Merit GateD Consortium Attn: Michele Dotson (Tel) 313-763-6061 Merit Network, Inc. (Fax) 313-647-3185 4251 Plymouth Road, Ste. C Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785 <B>To Member: </B>Contractual Technical <HR> <HR> <HR> <HR> <HR> </PRE> <H2>13. Entire Agreement</H2> <P>This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties. No amendments or changes to this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by authorized representatives of the parties hereto. </P> <P>In Witness Whereof, the parties have cause these presents to be executed in duplicate on the dates indicated below. </P> <PRE>Lead Institution Member _________________________________________ ___________________________ _________________________________________ ___________________________ Date Date </PRE> <PRE><B>Appendix A </B>GateD Copyright Notices Copyright notices and other restrictions as they currently appear in the GateD source files include one or more of the following: Copyright (c) 1995 The Regents of the University. All rights reserved. Gate Daemon was originated and developed through release 3.0 by Cornell University and its collaborators. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Royalty-free licenses to redistribute GateD Release 2 in whole or in part may be obtained by writing to: Gate Daemon Project The University of Michigan Merit 4251 Plymouth Road, Suite C Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785 (313)936-9430 GateD is based on Kirton's EGP, UC Berkeley's routing daemon (routed), and DCN's HELLO routing Protocol. Development of GateD has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation. Please forward bug fixes, enhancements and questions to the GateD mailing list: gated-bug@gated.merit.edu. Cornell Authors: Jeffrey C. Honig Scott W. Brim Portions of this software may fall under the following copyrights: Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising materials, and other materials related to such distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Copyright 1991 D.L.S. Associates Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of D.L.S. not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission. D.L.S. makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. D.L.S. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL D.L.S. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. Authors: Robert Hagens and Dan Schuh U U M M DDDD OOOOO SSSSS PPPPP FFFFF U U MM MM D D O O S P P F U U M M M D D O O SSS PPPPP FFFF U U M M M D D O O S P F UU M M M DDDD OOOOO SSSS P F Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991 The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. All rights reserved. The University of Maryland College Park ("UMCP") is the owner of all right, title and interest in and to UMD OSPF (the "Software"). Permission to use, copy and modify the Software and its documentation solely for non-commercial purposes is granted subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. This copyright notice and these terms shall appear in all copies of the Software and its supporting documentation. 2. The Software shall not be distributed, sold or used in any way in a commercial product, without UMCP's prior written consent. 3. The origin of this Software may not be misrepresented, either by explicit claim or by omission. 4. Modified or altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software. 5. The Software is provided "AS IS". User acknowledges that the Software has been developed for research purposes only. User agrees that use of the Software is at user's own risk. UMCP disclaims all warranties, express and implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Royalty-free licenses to redistribute UMD OSPF are available from the University of Maryland, College Park. For details contact: Office of Technology Liaison 4312 Knox Road University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 (301) 405-4209 (301) 314-9871 (fax) This software was written by Rob Coltun. rcoltun@ni.umd.edu </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>