As per Relevance of the word specification, we have this rfc below:
Network Working Group The Internet
Request for Comments: 2339 Sun
Category: Informational May 1998
An Agreement Between the Internet Society
the IETF, and Sun Microsystems, Inc
in the matter of NFS V.4
Status of this
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
memo is unlimited
Copyright
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved
This Request for Comments records an agreement between
Microsystems, Inc. and the Internet Society to permit the flow
Sun's Network File System specifications into the Internet
process conducted by the Internet Engineering Task Force
Note
This RFC is NOT a standard. It is an official public record of
agreement between Sun Microsystems and the Internet Society.
referenced RFCs 1094 dated March 1989 ("NFS: Network File
Protocol Specification") and 1813 dated June 1995 ("NFS Version 3
Protocol Specification") are not attached to the document below,
are incorporated by reference
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INTERNET SOCIETY
THE IETF, AND SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC
IN THE MATTER OF NFS V.4
This Agreement is made this 3rd day of March, 1998 by and between
Microsystems, Inc. ("Donor") and the Internet Society.
consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth below
the parties hereto agree as follows
1. License Grant. For good and valuable consideration, receipt
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and solely for
purpose specified in Paragraph 2 below, Donor hereby grants to
Internet Society ("Licensees" which, for the purposes of
Agreement, shall include the Internet Engineering Task
("IETF"), the IETF Secretariat, and their respective members
officers, employees, contractors and participating individuals)
cost-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right and
under any copyrights owned or otherwise licensable by Donor,
any Sun patent rights that are essential to practice
Specification, and any other Sun intellectual property rights to use
reproduce, distribute, perform, display and prepare derivative
of the Specification, and to authorize others to do so. For
purposes of this Agreement, "Specification" means the
specification described more fully in Exhibit A, which Donor
make available as the initial point for development of
specification for NFS Version 4 as described hereunder, together
any technical specifications based thereon developed by Licensees
2. Statement of Purpose. The licenses granted in Section 1
granted for the sole purpose of seeking to make the Specification
Internet standard
3. Evolution of the Specification. Donor further grants to
a worldwide right and license to further evolve, develop and
the Specification for the purpose of making the Specification
Internet Standard through the Internet Standardization Process (
specified in RFC 2026); Donor may not grant a license involving
Specification to any other party, including any standards group,
would authorize such party to evolve, develop, modify or promote
Specification as a standard. In particular, Donor acknowledges
if it performs any evolution, development or modification of
Specification outside of the Internet Standardization Process,
this should be clearly indicated as being a non-standard development
and that no reference to the Internet Standards Process is
for any such Specification developed outside of the
Standards Process
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4. Non-Confidentiality. Donor hereby acknowledges that
assume no obligation to maintain any confidentiality with respect
the Specification licensed hereunder. Licensees acknowledge that
rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Donor.
represents that, to the best of its knowledge, there are
infringement claims against the Specification
5. Future License. Donor hereby acknowledges that Licensees have
duty to publish or otherwise use or disseminate the Specification
including, in particular, an obligation to raise the Specification
the Internet standards-track. Provided that the Specification
elevated to "Proposed Standard" level within 24 months of
execution of this Agreement, Donor hereby agrees to license
Specification to others at no charge and otherwise
substantially similar terms as those granted to Licensee herein (
the exception that such use of the Specification by such
shall be for purposes of implementing and complying with the
rather than for making the Specification an Internet Standard),
long as such licensees of the Specification implement and comply
the Internet standard. In the event the Specification is
elevated to "Proposed Standard" level within 24 months of
execution of this Agreement, then the license granted in Section 3
this agreement shall terminate
6. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. THE SPECIFICATION IS PROVIDED
LICENSEES "AS IS", AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
IMPLIED, INCLUDING FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
AND NONINFRINGEMENT ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED
7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL DONOR BE LIABLE FOR
LOST REVENUE, PROFITS OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED
REGARDLESS OF THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
TO USE THE SPECIFICATION, EVEN IF DONOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES
8. Acknowledgment. Donor agrees to permit Licensees to use Donor'
name and address to indicate the original source of
Specification
9. Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire
between the parties concerning its subject matter, and supersedes
prior written or oral agreements and discussions. All additions
modifications to this agreement must be made in writing and must
signed by an authorized representative of each party. If any term
condition of this Agreement is declared void or unenforceable
provided herein or by a court of competent jurisdiction,
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
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parties agree to comply strictly with all applicable export
laws and regulations. Where no U.S. Federal law governs,
agreement will be governed by the law of the State of
without reference to its conflict of laws provision
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
be executed by their duly authorized representatives
Signature /S/ Rich Green Date 3 March 1998
Name Rich
Title VP
SunSoft, Inc
Signature /S/ Donald M. Heath Date 6 March 1998
Name Donald M.
Title President and CEO of the Internet
Exhibit A The specifications embodied in RFCs 1094 and 1813,
the portions of RFCs 1094 and 1813 that assume that NFS Version 2
Version 3 operate over XDR and ONC RPC.* The control of ONC
program number 100003 (NFS) for the purpose of generating
numbers 4 and onward
*Note: ISOC already has a license to use XDR and ONC RPC (see
RFC 1790), and thus may determine whether or not to create an
Version 4 that uses XDR and/or ONC RPC
Security
Since this document records an agreement rather than describes
technology security is not directly effected but, that said, one
the aims of an IETF NFS working group should be to ensure that
standards track NFS protocol has adequate security
Editor's
Scott
Harvard
1350 Mass Ave. Rm 876
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: +1 617 495 3864
EMail: sob@harvard.
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Full Copyright
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved
This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished
others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain
or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied,
and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of
kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph
included on all such copies and derivative works. However,
document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by
the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or
Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose
developing Internet standards in which case the procedures
copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must
followed, or as required to translate it into languages other
English
The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not
revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns
This document and the information contained herein is provided on
"AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET
TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE
HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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