Legal Documents

Membership Documents

Corporate Tiered Membership:

• Tiered Membership Agreement - Updated July 6th, 2020 - to sign the agreement click here
• Tiered Membership Requirements and Benefits
• Amended Contribution Credit Structure - July 2020
• Tiered Membership Logo Usage Policy - to sign the agreement click here

Individual Membership:

• Individual Membership - to sign the agreement click here

Guidance Document for Membership:

• OCP Trademark Usage Guidelines
• What is the Open Compute Project? OCP 101 video (Chinese Translation)
• What is the Open Compute Project? OCP 101 video
• OCP 101: What is the Open Compute Project? (Japanese Translation)

Contribution Documents

OCP Contributions and Process:

• Amended Contribution Credit Structure - July 2020
• Contribution Process

Spec and Design Package Contribution Agreements:

• OCP-CLA (As of Mar 1, 2019) - To sign the agreement click here
• OCP CLA Appendix (As of Mar 1, 2019) - To sign the agreement click here
• OCP CLA 2014 (Archival Purpose Only)
• OWF-CLA - to sign the agreement click here
• OWFa1.0 Final Specification Agreement ( For OWF CLAs only) - to sign the agreement click here
• OCP Specification Template
• Design Package Guidelines
• Joint Development Agreements - Please contact OCP's Archna Haylock if you would like to initiate any joint development activity.

Hardware License Agreement for OCP CLA:

Please select only one of the two options below for a Hardware License. This same license should be referenced in the Final Specification Document. 

• OCPHL-R
• OCPHL-P (v1.0)

Document Contribution Agreements:

• Document Template
• Document Submission Guidelines
• Copyright License Agreement - to sign the agreement click here
• Creative Commons License (CC04)

Software Contribution Agreements:

• OCP Software Credit Report
• Software Contributor License Agreement - to sign the agreement click here
• Software Contribution Checklist - for Software contributions
• OSI (Open Source Initiative) License

SP/Reseller Agreements

Solution Providers:

• Colo Solution Provider Agreement - to sign the agreement click here
• OCP Copyright License Agreement - to sign the agreement click here
• Solution Provider Agreement - Updated July 6th, 2020 - to sign the agreement click here

OCP Trademark Usage Guidelines:

• OCP Trademark Usage Guidelines

Product Recognition Program:

• OCP Accepted™ Certification Mark License Agreement - Updated July 6th, 2020 - to sign the agreement click here
• OCP-INSPIRED™ Certification Mark License Agreement - Updated July 6th, 2020 - to sign the agreement click here

Facility Recognition Program:

• Colo Facility Guidelines for OCP Racks v2.0
• OCP Ready™ Colo Site Assessment
• OCP READY™ Certification Mark License Agreement - to sign the agreement click here

OCP Policies

Active Documents:

• Articles of Incorporation
• Bylaws
• OCP IP Rights Management Policy
• OCP Trademark Usage Guidelines
• Tiered Membership Requirements and Benefits
• Amended Governance - Updated February 22nd, 2021
• Amended Contribution Credit Structure - July 2020
• OCP Terminology Guidelines for Inclusion and Openness
• Privacy Policy

Archived Documents:

• Archived OCP Solution Provider Agreement - FOR REFERENCE ONLY
• Archived OCP Inspired™ Certification Mark Agreement - FOR REFERENCE ONLY
• Archived OCP Accepted™ Certification Mark Agreement - FOR REFERENCE ONLY
• Archived Tiered Membership Agreement - FOR REFERENCE ONLY