Working Groups: Sample IP Frameworks

This section includes examples of Internet2 projects and initiatives, and how they will be handled under the “Internet2 Intellectual Property Framework”. The examples are loosely based on actual projects.

Project 1: Measurement Tool Project - A UCAID/Internet2 supported project.
Project 1 is a supported Internet2 measurement tool project, developed out of the End-to-End Performance Initiative. The project is coordinated, and is largely being undertaken, by staff from several Internet2 Regular Members (universities), but has support from a Corporate Member (both equipment donation and technical support) and a representative of the Corporate Member sits on the coordinating committee. The Corporate Member manufactures network hardware.

Deliverables from the project are expected to include papers on network utilization, software measurement tools, as well as improvements to the Corporate Member’s hardware that allow it to function more effectively (based on the results of the project) and to work with the measurement tools being developed.

The papers will be published in various academic journals and presented at conferences. These will remain in the public domain. The software will be released with the Internet2 Standard OS License. The Corporate Member plans to sell its improved hardware — but at a deep discount to Internet2 Regular Members. The Corporate Member understands that the open source software may be run on hardware other than its own.

Project 2: Interrealm Authorization Standards Development- A UCAID/Internet2 Supported Project
Project 2 developed out of the Internet2 Middleware Initiative. Its purpose is to develop inter-realm authentication standards. A supported Internet2 project, it involves Internet2 staff, a number of Internet2 Regular Members, and a Corporate Member.

Deliverables from the project are expected to include a number of documents, as well as software including a variety of modules, components, and tools that can be integrated into other applications. The intention of the project is to make the methods and tools developed as widely accessible as possible, so the service is as broadly available as possible.

The various documents will be publicly released, subject to the author’s expectation to be cited if the documents are used elsewhere. The software will be released with the Internet2 Standard OS license.

Project 3: Bandwidth Utilization Project – A Member Project
Project 3 is an Internet2 project to find ways to utilize bandwidth more efficiently and to increase the quality of the transmission. The goal of the project is to provide better quality of service for international collaborations among the high-energy physics community. The design team is headed by a staff member at an Internet2 member university but has staff from a variety of Regular and Affiliate Members.

Deliverables from the project have included software and a variety of documents and publications. It is the intention of the project participants to make the project deliverables widely available within the Internet2 community.

The participants selected an intellectual property approach that is consistent with the IP Framework Principles. The various documents have all been publicly released and the software has been released as Open Source using the [pick one] open source license.

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