The Structure
Two entities.
One mission.
The same model that governs Linux, Eclipse, and Apache. A trade foundation holds the code and IP. A commercial company provides services. The code belongs to the community. The expertise is available for hire.
FrogNet Foundation 501(c)(6) trade organization — holds code and patents.
The Foundation holds the intellectual property — the code, the patents, and the protocol specifications. It governs the open source project, manages contributions, and ensures the technology remains available to everyone.
The four provisional patents being filed are defensive. They exist to prevent bad actors from patenting FrogNet's core innovations and blocking the community from using them. The Foundation owns them on behalf of the community.
Revenue: membership dues from organizations that want a voice in governance and preferred access to the project roadmap.
Fawcett Innovations, LLC Commercial services — consulting, training, certification.
Fawcett Innovations provides consulting, training, and certification on the FrogNet platform. The code is free. The expertise is available for organizations that need help deploying, integrating, or extending it.
This is the same relationship Red Hat has with Linux, or Canonical with Ubuntu. The platform is open. The services company helps you use it in production.
Services: deployment consulting, architecture review, custom integration, training programs, and certification for engineers working with the platform.
Why this model Proven. Sustainable. Aligned.
The code stays free. The Foundation's charter ensures the codebase remains open source. No single company can close it, fork it proprietary, or restrict access.
Contributors are protected. The Foundation provides the legal structure — contributor license agreements, IP assignment, governance processes.
The business is sustainable. Training, certification, and consulting generate revenue without restricting the technology.
What opens Everything. The entire codebase.
Core platform: Semantic proxy, semantic daemon, BLDC-1 compression engine, FNW1 wire protocol, tunnel broker, node installer, network discovery, routing.
Application layer: Transient database, REST API, dashboards, sensor integration, actuator control, Meshtastic bridge, node monitoring, compression metrics.
Reference network: The working multi-continent network — configuration, tunnel topology, and operational documentation — as a reference implementation anyone can study and replicate.