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• Java Specification Participation Agreement for Organizations (PDF)

Membership for organizations

One can join the JCP by joining as a company or organization, or by joining as an individual. Aside from the difference in membership fee there are other significant differences that you should consider. Joining as an organization means that anyone who is employed by the organization can participate in the community and make use of the results of this participation within any projects or product developments at the organization.
 
Organizations may become JCP Members by doing all of the following:

1. First, download and print the JSPA
   
2. On page 1, please write the name of your organization on the first blank line.
   
3. On the second blank space, write the date that your organization has signed the agreement.
   
4. On page 3, put your initials in the appropriate blank under "Process Cost Sharing".
   
5. Someone from your organization with signature authority should fill in the blanks on page 10. Under "Member", "Signature" should have the person's signature. "Name" should contain this person's name, printed legibly."Title" is optional; signers may include their job title or not. "Date" needs to be the date that the agreement was signed.
   
6. Page 11 is Exhibit A. In Section 1, the person who will go forward as the primary contact to the JCP for your organization should be the one listed. The Primary contact is responsible for handling issues of membership renewal, as well as maintaining the list of participants from your organization who are active in the JCP. This is usually not the same person as the one who signed the agreement, though it certainly can be the same one. In section 2, you should provide the name and contact information of your accounts payable/finance department contact. This is the person who will be contacted with invoices for the process cost sharing fee each year (please make sure that your finance department is expecting this annnual fee!).

Once you have executed the agreement, you must submit it via fax or hard-copy, per the instructions on submitting the JSPA.

If you have any questions about filling out an agreement or the Java Community Process in general, please contact the Program Management Office as per the instructions on the PMO contacts page.