Working Group Patent-Free Declaration for the ESRO Specification

The ESRO Development Working Group, on March 29, 2000 does make the following declarations:

• The Efficient Short Remote Operations (ESRO) Specification is intended to be a patent-free protocol.
• The base ESRO Specification has been published as RFC-2188.
• Patent-free declarations for the base specification have been made to the Free Protocols Foundation.
• The ESRO Specification is currently undergoing development and enhancement by ESRO.org. It is intended that the protocol remain patent-free as a result of this development and enhancement.
• Development and enhancement of ESRO by ESRO.org takes place via the public mailing list esro-spec@esro.org.
• The functioning of the ESRO Development Working Group via esro-spec@esro.org conforms fully to the patent-free policies and procedures of the Free Protocols Foundation, as specified in Free Protocols Foundation Policies and Procedures, Version 1.0. In particular, all contributors are required to acknowledge that by joining the esro-spec@esro.org mailing list, they are agreeing to adhere to the policies and procedures of the Free Protocols Foundation with regard to patent-freedom.

On behalf of The ESRO Development Working Group,

Mohsen BANAN, Chairman