[occi-wg] ElasticHosts statement on Patent Licensing relating to OCCI

[Thijs Metsch]

Sun is a member of OGF. Just like Oracle.

All the best,

-Thijs

On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:04 +0200, Sam Johnston wrote:
> Richard,
> 
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Richard Davies
> <richard.davies at elastichosts.com> wrote:
>         Submitted by Richard Davies, CEO, ElasticHosts
>         
>         ElasticHosts is pleased to announce that any patent claims
>         held by
>         ElasticHosts which are necessary to implement the "Open Cloud
>         Computing
>         Interface" (OCCI) as designed by the OGF Open Cloud Computing
>         Interface
>         Working Group will be licensed on a royalty-free basis.
>         
>         ElasticHosts strongly supports the creation of open and
>         royalty-free
>         standards for cloud computing, which we believe will be
>         essential for the
>         success of this key technology.
> 
> Thanks for taking the issue seriously - I note that your statement has
> already been published on ogf.org and that there is precedent for Sun
> having done the same for a previous API. Here's hoping we'll see
> something from both Sun and GoGrid in due course.
> 
> FWIW the OGF IPR policy is drawn into the membership agreement so
> member companies are covered across the board... Sun's not a member
> but Oracle is ;)
> 
> Sam
> 
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