Pre-alpha prototype. dmfdeploy is early work, and this site will change.
Proposed
Become a founding sponsor.
This prototype demonstrates what open media infrastructure can be. Fund the engineering and documentation work so any media organisation can deploy it independently.
Contact by emailFunding priorities
What sponsorship could fund.
These priorities are proposals. No delivery dates or outcomes are promised.
Independent reproduction
Improve installation and verification so an engineer can build the prototype from its documentation.
Team operation and NMOS IS-05 switching
Support multiple operators, nonblocking deployment, and controlled connection changes.
Workload and facility planning
Plan workloads against facility capacity before anything is provisioned.
Public documentation and validation
Maintain architecture records, integration guidance, and examples for community review.
Annual levels
Proposed annual contributions.
Each level funds the same public work.
Contributor
€1,000
per year
Builder
€5,000
per year
Sustaining sponsor
€15,000
per year
Founding sponsor
€25,000+
per year
Governance and independence
Technical decisions stay with the community.
Sponsors participate on the same terms as everyone else.
Current practice
In placePublic review
Proposals and significant changes are discussed and reviewed in public.
Recorded decisions
Architecture records explain decisions and their reasons.
Reviewed contributions
Maintainers review changes. Contributors certify their right to submit them through DCO sign-off.
Founder-protected mission charter
Proposed, unratifiedA charter would protect vendor neutrality and open participation. Formal governance is not yet in place.
Sponsorship does not buy
- Votes
- Vetoes
- Feature priority
- Technical control