The DENT Foundation is seeking to build an ecosystem of contributors and users around a full featured network operating system and control plane natively supported by Linux.
Join your industry peers in helping build and shape the future of DENT Network OS and ecosystem.
Why become a member
The DENT Foundation strives to provide a neutral forum for DENT NOS related projects.
The foundation provides a forum to collaborate on a common technical vision, vocabulary, security best practices, and general roadmap, to be applied within separate workstreams and enterprise communities.
The foundation provides best practices to simplify deployment of DENT and related projects for a variety of use cases by enabling collaboration between developers, service and solution providers and end users across network hardware, forwarding, and operating system layers of the networking stack.
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How you benefit from membership
Gain a seat at the table to influence the strategic direction of the DENT Foundation and the projects that are focused on network operating system, control plane, and management plane use cases applicable across a variety of industry solutions.
Be part of a DENT-related projects from across the open source networking ecosystem, hosted in an independent forum.
Achieve more visibility and credibility in the DENT community by sharing your organization’s expertise from a position of leadership.
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Pricing*
Premier
Not currently LF Member
$120,000/year
Current LF Member
$100,000/year
General
(priced by employee headcount)
Not Currently LF Member |
Current LF Member |
$40,000 (USD) 5,000+ |
$20,000 (USD) 5,000+ |
$30,000 (USD) 2,000-4,999 |
$15,000 (USD) 2,000-4,999 |
$25,000 (USD) 500-1,999 |
$10,000 (USD) 500-1,999 |
$11,000 (USD) 100-499$6,000 (USD) up to 99 |
$1,000 (USD) Up to 499 |
Associate Membership is free for pre-approved open source projects, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, or government research institutions
Benefits
Premier
- Appoint one (1) voting representative to the DENT Governing Board.
- Appoint one (1) voting representative to the DENT Marketing Committee.
- Appoint one (1) representative as a voting member in any subcommittees or activities of the Governing Board.
- Enjoy most prominent placement in displays of membership including on the website and in marketing materials.
- Participate in Directed Fund general meetings, initiatives, events and any other activities.
- 10 complementary LF Training course/certification tickets.
- Announcement of membership in a quarterly press release.
- Receive greater insight into DENT strategy and project roadmaps through increased engagement with the DENT Executive Director and staff.
- Increased access to The Linux Foundation’s invitation-only Linux Foundation Member Summit.
- Receive discounts on Linux Foundation conferences + event sponsorship.
General
- (Possible) Governing Board seat with 1 elected per every 10 General members collectively as a class.
- 10 complementary LF Training course/certification tickets
- Participate in marketing, community, thought leadership opportunities.
- Identify your organization as a member and display your logo on the DENT website and in marketing materials.
- Access to The Linux Foundation’s invitation-only Linux Foundation Member Summit.
Associate
- The Associate category of membership is limited to non-profit/non-governmental organizations. This requires approval by the Governing Board.
- Participate in all marketing, community, thought leadership opportunities.
- Receive discounts on DENT event sponsorship.
- Identify your organization as a member and display your logo on the DENT website and in marketing materials.
I Am Ready to Join DENT!
All Associate applications need to be approved before using this join form.
You can obtain a free Linux Foundation ID at identity.linuxfoundation.org
Members agree to the Project Charter and DENT Premier Member Review & Admission Policy