Institutional and individual memberships are available for the:
- NTP Consortium
- Linux PTP Consortium
- RADclock Consortium
- General Timestamp and API Library Consortium
Institutional Consortia Memberships
Institutions may join at the following levels, and discounts are available to open-source and other qualifying organizations:
| Benefits | Premier | Partner | Contributor | Associate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Dues | $50,000- 74,999 |
$25,000- 49,999 |
$13,000- 24,999 |
$6,000- 12,999 |
| Consortia Discount | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sponsor Logo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advance Security Notifications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance Logo Program | Discount | Discount | Discount | Yes |
| Feature Priority Planning | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Priority Bugfixes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Public Recognition on NTF Website | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes* |
| Advance Security Patches | Yes | Yes | – | – |
| Discounted Development | Yes+ | Yes+ | – | – |
| Discounted Technical Support | Yes+ | Yes+ | – | – |
| Support for older -stable releases | Option+ | Option+ | – | – |
| Product Advisory Board Seat | Option | – | – | – |
| Member Representatives | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
* – Limited-time offer for inaugural members.
+ – Premier & Partner-discounted benefit.
Individual Consortium Memberships
Individuals may join as either a Supporter (all NTF Projects) or as a Friend (for a specific project):
| Benefit | Supporter | Friend |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Dues | From $250 | $125-$249 |
| Sponsor Logo | Yes | Yes |
| IRC cloak name | Yes | Yes |
| Issue Polls | Yes | Yes |
| T-Shirt | Yes | Yes |
Consortia Discount
Get a discount on the membership dues for each additional membership in other NTF Consortia.
Use of the Network Time Consortium Sponsor Logo
Show you are a sponsor – you may link back to a page listing our Sponsors to show others you are supporting Network Time Foundation and its projects.
Advance Security Notifications
Get advanced notification of any security vulnerability notifications.
Compliance Logo Program
We’re developing a general certification and compliance testing program.
Discounts for this program are offered to Premier, Partner, and Contributor Members.
(S)NTP implementations can be tested for:
- interoperability
- basic protocol
- mode 6/7
- Standards compliance
- performance
Reference clocks can be tested for:
- degree of support by different versions of NTP
LinuxPTP implementations can be tested for:
- interoperability
- basic protocol
- Standards compliance
- performance
Successful completion of this program allows participants to use both a web-logo and a logo/emblem on their products.
Feature Priority Planning
Participate in the discussion of the priority of new product features.
Priority Bug Fixes
Get priority consideration of your bug reports in the absence of security bugs or other bugs of critical nature (as determined by the Project’s Release Engineer).
Public Recognition on NTF’s Website
Have your company logo and a description featured on our website.
Advance Security Patches
Premier and Partner Members get early access to security patches.
Discounted Development
Premier and Partner Members are entitled to discounted custom (bespoke) development services. This service is provided by a for-profit NTF Partner.
Discounted Technical Support
Get a discount on a general technical support contract. This service is provided by a for-profit NTF Partner.
Phone support is available on either a 9-5 Mon-Fri basis (US Eastern Time, excluding holidays), or on a 7×24 basis.
Get support for older releases
This is an extra-cost option provided by a for-profit NTF Partner.
For NTP, for example, if there are patches that are important to you that have been applied to -dev that have not been applied to the version of -stable you require, these patches will be applied and supported for you.
Seat on the Product Advisory Board
Premier Members may obtain a seat on a Product’s Advisory Board.
IRC Cloak Name
Members may request an NTF Project Cloak IRC nickname on the Freenode IRC Network.
Issue Polls
Consortium members have effective input into any decisions put to the membership – we value your opinions and contributions!
T-Shirt
Get a Network Time Foundation t-shirt. This and other merchandise is available for purchase at NTF’s Company Store.
