A Project is the group formed under the Joint Development Foundation or its Joint Development Foundation Projects, LLC subsidiary, and has its own independent governance, identity, and scope of work.
By operating under the Joint Development Foundation’s legal umbrella, Projects can enjoy of the benefits of Joint Development Foundation’s existing legal agreements, choice of intellectual property policies, non-profit status, and corporate structure. This enables Projects to more easily establish themselves, collect funds, issue press releases in the Project’s name, develop liaison relationships, and hold copyrights, all without negotiating custom agreements and new corporate organizations.