# Merit GateD Consortium Documentation

# New Membership Categories

# Gold Members

# Privileges of Membership

The privileges of Gold Membership for 1997 are for the tools, sources, and binaries related to two of the following GateD Product Lines:

1. GateD Unicast (version 4)
2. GateD Multicast (version 5)
3. GateD IPv6 (version 6)

   (Click here for Gold member licenses. Companies may request Membership and Redistribution licenses in two forms.)

A Gold Member will have Gold Member benefits for
Two (2) Product Lines of their choice.

## The Privileges are:

Technical Privileges

- a) Unlimited distribution of binaries in commercial products for Two (2) Versions of GateD for the duration of the membership. Membership term is 1 year and can be renewed at any time

- b) Source code for Two (2) Versions of GateD distributed to development teams at Member's corporation or research site. Source code may not be distributed in commercial products.

- c) Access to GateD Member-only Documentation and Tools.

- d) Early access to new source code, tools and documentation prior to a general release to Academic and Research members for a period agreed upon by Consortium members but not less than three weeks.

- e) Email response to technical questions of up to 50 messages per week.

- f)Two Interns trained at Merit at prescheduled times of mutual convenience to the members of the GateD Project Development Team. Internship training not to exceed three (3) months.

- g) Response to phone queries of up to 2 hours per week or 10 hours per month.

- h) Additional 1 week of training at Merit at prescheduled times of mutual convenience to the members of the GateD Project Development Team,

Business Privileges

- i) Regular communications including paper releases and electronic communications as appropriate. Such communications shall detail GateD Project and Consortium developments and progress.

- j) 4 Voting Members may attend periodic GateD Consortium Meetings

- k) Invitation to attend periodic Technical Briefings and Progress Review. At these meetings Gold Members shall have the following privileges:

- input to GateD software development and deployment discussions,
- access at prescheduled times of mutual convenience to members of the GateD Project Development Team.

- l) Members have the right to request a yearly summary of the Consortium expenditures and financial plans.

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

- n) Gold Member GateD t-shirts.

#
Cost of Gold Membership

Gold membership fees are:

$110,000 for new members.

$75,000 for existing members with one (1) current product line and
one (1) renewal.

$45,000 for existing members with two (2) product lines and
two (2) renewals.

New Gold GateD Members can now get Two (2) Product Lines with all the
additional benefits that existing Gold Members have for just $110,000.

| 1st Year- Product Line 1 | 1st Year- Product Line 2 | Extra Benefits | Total
New Members | $50,000 | $50,000 | $10,000 | $110,000

Existing Gold GateD members who currently have One (1) product line can now renew their membership and get a 2nd product line with many additional benefits for just $75,000. This means that Gold Members can now choose
Two (2) Versions of GateD, with unlimited distributions of binaries,
plus numerous other benefits.

| Renewal of Product Line 1 | 1 Year- Product Line 2 | Extra Benefits | Total
Existing Members with One (1) Product Line | $15,000 | $50,000 | $10,000 | $75,000

An existing GateD Member who currently has Two (2) Product Lines can purchase a Gold Membership for Product Line 1 and Product Line 2 for $45,000.

| Renewal of Product Line 1 | Renewal of Product Line 2 | Extra Benefits | Total
Existing Members with Two (2) Product Lines | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $45,000

(Existing Memberships with Two (2) current Product Lines will now include the additional Development Project for the Interns. The training costs of these Interns account for the increase in the cost of the Extra Benefits.)