All,
After much deliberation, and review with our legal advisors, the
Eclipse Foundation has decided that it will allow its projects to
implement IEC standards on a case-by-case basis. Specifically,
Eclipse Projects may implement international standards defined by
the IEC, provided that the following steps are taken:
- Open a CQ declaring a
dependency on the standard, and certify that there are no
references to that standard in the IEC patent database[1].
The EMO may wish to discuss the nature of the specific
standard with you.
- If access to any ISO/IEC documents are required,
strict compliance with the copyright requirements for those
documents must be followed. E.g. do not copy or share electronic
copies of the documents.
- Do not include any ISO/IEC copyrighted information
in the project. E.g. do not copy materials into code comments,
fileheaders, or documentation.
- You may note that the project's implementation is
based on the standard(s) in your project documentation.
If you have any questions, please contact the EMO via license@xxxxxxxxxxx for
further guidance.
I thank you for your patience. This was a much longer and more
frustrating process than any of us expected.
[1] http://patents.iec.ch/
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