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Standards Organization
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OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
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http://www.oasis-open.org
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Standard / Specification Name
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Web Services - Security
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Standards Organization Disclosure Statement
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http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/wss/ipr.php
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Statement concerning Intellectual Property Rights, submitted to OASIS 26 June 2002
In regards to the initial published draft of the WS-Security specification developed by IBM, Microsoft, and VeriSign (each an "Author"). The Authors hereby contribute this draft to the OASIS Web Services Security Technical Committee (WSSTC). In addition to the rights and representations provided for in the OASIS Policy on Intellectual Property Rights, the Authors make the following grants and commitments:
- Each Author grants permission to OASIS and OASIS members the right to copy, display, perform, modify and distribute the Web Services Security ("WS-Security") draft specification and to authorize others to do the foregoing, in any medium without fee or royalty, for the purpose of further developing the WS-Security specification in the WSSTC as set forth in the draft WSS TC charter.
- Each Author commits to grant a non sub-licenseable, non-transferable license to third parties, under royalty-free and other reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions, to certain of their respective patent claims that such Author deems necessary to implement required portokions of the WS-Security specification, provided a reciprocal license is granted.
- DISCLAIMERS:
THE WS-SECURITY SPECIFICATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND THE AUTHORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS
OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR TITLE; THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE WS-SECURITY SPECIFICATION
ARE SUITABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE; NOR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CONTENTS WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS,
COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. THE AUTHORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE WS-SECURITY SPECIFICATION OR THE PERFORMANCE OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CONTENTS THEREOF.
No other rights are granted by implication, estoppel or otherwise.
IBM License
WS-Security patent license in PDF format:
ws-security-rf-patentlicense-sept-2003.pdf
Information for processing the IBM patent License
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