Working Group Patent-Free Declaration for the EMSD Specification

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

• The Efficient Mail Submission & Delivery (EMSD) Specification is intended to be a patent-free protocol.
• The base EMSD Specification has been published as RFC-2524.
• Patent-free declarations for the base specification have been made to the Free Protocols Foundation.
• The EMSD Specification is currently undergoing development and enhancement by EMSD.org. It is intended that the protocol remain patent-free as a result of this development and enhancement.
• Development and enhancement of EMSD by EMSD.org takes place via the public mailing list emsd-spec@emsd.org.
• The functioning of the EMSD Development Working Group via emsd-spec@emsd.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 emsd-spec@emsd.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 EMSD Development Working Group,

Mohsen BANAN, Chairman