OpenSAF™ is an open source community with projects focused on high availability middleware. The goal of OpenSAF projects is to develop HA middleware that is consistent with the Service Availability™ Forum (SA Forum™) specifications. OpenSAF is freely available to anyone under the LGPLv2.1 and anyone may contribute to the code base. The OpenSAF Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established by leading communications and computing companies to facilitate the work of the OpenSAF project and to accelerate the adoption of OpenSAF in commercial products. The mission of OpenSAF™ is to: Expand the open source implementation of high availability middleware Align with SA Forum specifications Enhance OpenSAF for easier manageability and usability Publicize and accelerate the adoption of OpenSAF Focus initially on the communications market and extend to other industries Establish OpenSAF as a de facto standard for application developers and ISVs The OpenSAF™ Community The guiding principle of the OpenSAF™ community is that the code be freely available and open to all. The OpenSAF code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (LGPL v2.1), a recognized and widely used open source license. Anyone can participate in the OpenSAF projects by downloading the code or contributing to the projects. The development community drives the evolution and roadmap of OpenSAF. The OpenSAF project is led by the Technical Leadership Council (TLC) whose functions are to facilitate the architectural discussions in the community, plan upcoming releases based on developer commitments, appoint maintainers, ensure that all major contributions are implemented consistent with OpenSAF architecture and determine when the code is ready for general release. No commercial entity may have more than one vote on the TLC at a time, thus ensuring that no one organization can exercise control over the project. Anyone may be invited to join the TLC by demonstrating their commitment to the OpenSAF projects and becoming a recognized leader in the OpenSAF community. Current OpenSAF Technical Leadership Council members: Jonas Arndt, Hewlett Packard, Co-chair Mario Angelic, Ericsson, Co-chair Sayandeb Saha, Emerson Network Power, Technical Evangelist Jonathan Fournier, Wind River Systems Richar Zhang, Huawei. The OpenSAF™ Foundation The primary purpose of the OpenSAF™ Foundation is to support and promote OpenSAF projects. Any organization or individual may join the OpenSAF Foundation at one of three membership levels. Membership at the Sponsor or Contributor level includes an obligation to provide resources to actively contribute to the project, whereas Supporter members can benefit from close collaboration with the project without the resource commitment. All OpenSAF Foundation members are encouraged to actively participate in the development of the project. The OpenSAF Foundation was founded on January 22nd 2008 by Emerson Network Power, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sun Microsystems. Membership continues to grow each year. Current OpenSAF Foundation Board of Directors: Alan Meyer, Hewlett-Packard, President John Fryer, Emerson Network Power, Vice President Monica Hatlen, Ericsson, Secretary Peter Heffernan, Sun Microsystems, Treasurer Glenn Seiler, Wind River Systems, Marketing Officer Leo Lili, Huawei, Board member. <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--> Contact us:    OpenSAF Foundation   9000 Crow Canyon Rd. Ste S 138 Danville, CA 94506    USA Phone +1 925 964 9298    Fax +1 925 866-2623         email: Or join the OpenSAF info mailing lists Phone +1 925 964 9298    Fax +1 925 866-2623 email: To subscribe to mailing lists, visit the Mailing Lists page on this web site.