ODL is a Linux Foundation Collaborative project (https://www.opendaylight.org/), in which a community has come together to fill the need for an open and reference framework for programmability and control through an open source SDN solution. It combines open community developers, open source code, and project governance that guarantees an open, community decision making process on business and technical issues.
ODL can be a core component within any SDN architecture. Building upon an open source SDN controller enables users to reduce operational complexity, extend the lifetime of their existing network infrastructure, and enable new services and capabilities only available with SDN. The mission statement of the ODL project can be read as OpenDaylight facilitates a community-led, industry-supported open source framework, including code and architecture, to accelerate and advance...
