On February 27th, 2013, the Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. a not-for-profit entity was formed.

The goal of NetDEF is simple:

Provide support for the Networking Community Good involving Training, Testing and Development.

We will:

Give training classes on Open Source products and Product Testing.

Provide equipment and funding to qualified individuals and organizations working on Open Source product Development.

Provide unbiased and uninfluenced testing information about products that interact with the Open Source projects that we are interacting with.

Projects We Have Supported:

RouteFlow: software modification, testing and donation of a Pica8 3290 to CPqD in Brazil.

Current Status:

The corporation and board has been formed and 501(c)3 status has been applied for.