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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-announce]   call to join Linux Foundation
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:02:01 -0800
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On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:15:17 +0100
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com> wrote:

> After few meetings and emails, it has been agreed to work with
> the Linux Foundation to assist the growing community of the DPDK.
> 
> The outlines and the budget are described in this email by Tim O'Driscoll:
> 	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-February/032720.html
> 
> We need around ten companies to contribute to this small effort and
> become a supporter of the initiative.
> 
> As suggested by Dave Neary, the next step is to draft a membership
> agreement and identify the members of this new lightweight foundation:
> 	http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-February/032909.html
> 
> Please, it would be great to use this thread to announce the official
> commitment of your company to support the DPDK community!
> 

Brocade supports this transition and is happy to be part of the community
ensuring the long term support of DPDK.