Commerce One's WS Choreography IP Statement

As Steve has just requested on today's call, here's Commerce One's IP
statement for the WS Choreography WG.
 
David
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Burdett, David 
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:04 PM
To: Martin Chapman (E-mail); Steve Ross-Talbot (E-mail)
Cc: Mills, Michael
Subject: Commerce One's WS Choreography IP Statement


Martin/Steve
 
Here's the text (below) for Commerce One's IP Statement for WS Choreography.
If it's OK, can you post it to the WS Choreography web site.
 
Any questions, please contact me.
 
David
Commerce One's IP Statement
"Commerce One Operations Inc does not believe that it holds any patents that
apply to the work of the WS Choreography Working Group although it has not
conducted a patent search related thereto. However, if Commerce One should
hold a patent pertinent to the work of the WS Choreography Working Group
then Commerce One agrees to license any essential patents that solely relate
to the work of the WS Choreography WG on Royalty-Free terms (to be provided
at the time of license) to all implementers, whether or not they are Members
of the W3C.
 
Commerce One Operations Inc. also hereby grants all members of the WS
Choreography group who desire to license Commerce One's WS Choreography
Specification (the "Specification") published at
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2003Jun/att-0023/WS_Choreogr
aphy_v0-1__13_June_03.zip
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2003Jun/att-0023/WS_Choreog
raphy_v0-1__13_June_03.zip>  a perpetual, nonexclusive, royalty-free,
worldwide right and license to use, publish, copy, modify and distribute the
Specification."

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