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  • Sun Microsystems Publishes Non-Assertion Covenant for SAML Implementations
    June 15, 2006
    Sun Microsystems has issued a 'SAML Non-Assertion Covenant' in connection with OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) specifications being created by the OASIS Security Services (SAML) TC. Sun's unilateral, voluntary waiver of its right to enforce possibly relevant patent claims alleviates the burden upon implementers to negotiate license terms, eliminates paperwork, and creates a favorable environment for the develoment of open source software. This most recent example of a non-assertion covenant follows Sun's declaration in connection with ODF: on September 30, 2005 Sun Microsystems published a declaration of non-enforcement of its U.S. and foreign patents against any implementation of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0 Specification or of any subsequent version of ODF. This non-assertion covenant was praised as a creative mechanism for patent management in the OASIS open standards development context. Similar declarations have been made by Fidelity Investments and RSA Security in relation to the SAML specification(s).
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