[security-services] Re: IPR Requirements for OASIS contributions

[Eve Maler - Sun Microsystems <Eve.Maler@sun.com>]

I agree to the submission of the referenced document under the OASIS
guidelines. I am not personally aware of any intellectual property rights
held by myself or by Sun Microsystems that affect the content of the
document.

	Eve

"Mishra, Prateek" <pmishra@netegrity.com> wrote:
>Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:47:23 -0400
>Colleagues,
> 
>You are listed as an author of 
>"WS-Security Profile of the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language" 
>draft-sstc-ws-sec-profile-03 available at
> 
>http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services/200208/msg00015.html
><http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services/200208/msg00015.html
>> 
> 
>The SSTC has directed me to submit this draft to the WSSTC. As part of this 
>process, I am obligated to ask you to affirm your acceptance of the OASIS
>rules on submissions to a TC. These rules are fully described in Section 3.1
>of:
> 
>http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.shtml
><http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.shtml> 
>
> 
>
>I have reproduced Section 3.1 in the last part of this message.
>
>(1) If you feel comfortable with the language in Section 3.1 (Please read
>point 6
>carefully), please send a message affirming your acceptance to the SSTC
>mailing
>list together with any other relevant information. You are done!
>
>(2) If you are not comfortable with the language, there are several pathways
>open.
>You can withdraw from authorship with the knowledge that you can join the
>WSS in taking the draft forward (also IPR issues will be have to dealt with
>"again" by WSS). We can discuss other options as well.
>
>- prateek mishra
>
>781-663-7358
>
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>OASIS.IPR.3.1. All Contributions
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>By submission of a contribution, each person actually submitting
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>any) he represents and on behalf of the owners of any
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>behalf of any organization he may represent and any known owner
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>of any proprietary rights in the contribution.
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