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Specification: JAVA PLATFORM, STANDARD EDITION ("Specification")
Version: 6
Status: Final Release
Release: December 7, 2006
Copyright 2010 Oracle Corporation, 500 Oracle Parkway,
Redwood Shores, California 94065, USA.
All rights reserved.
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(without the right to sublicense), under Oracle's applicable intellectual property rights to view,
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includes (i) developing applications intended to run on an implementation of the Specification,
provided that such applications do not themselves implement any portion(s) of the Specification,
and (ii) discussing the Specification with any third party; and (iii) excerpting brief portions of
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such excerpts do not in the aggregate constitute a significant portion of the Specification.
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Oracle also grants you a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, fully paid-up,
royalty free, limited license (without the right to sublicense) under any applicable copyrights or,
subject to the provisions of subsection 4 below, patent rights it may have covering the
Specification to create and/or distribute an Independent Implementation of the Specification that:
(a) fully implements the Specification including all its required interfaces and functionality; (b)
does not modify, subset, superset or otherwise extend the Licensor Name Space, or include any
public or protected packages, classes, Java interfaces, fields or methods within the Licensor Name
Space other than those required/authorized by the Specification or Specifications being
implemented; and (c) passes the Technology Compatibility Kit (including satisfying the requirements
of the applicable TCK Users Guide) for such Specification ("Compliant Implementation"). In
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You need not include limitations (a)-(c) from the previous paragraph or any other particular "pass
through" requirements in any license You grant concerning the use of your Independent
Implementation or products derived from it. However, except with respect to Independent
Implementations (and products derived from them) that satisfy limitations (a)-(c) from the previous
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would be infringed by all technically feasible implementations of the Specification, such license
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seeking it from You, a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide license under Your
patent rights which are or would be infringed by all technically feasible implementations of the
Specification to develop, distribute and use a Compliant Implementation.
b. With respect to any patent claims owned by Oracle and covered by the license granted under
subparagraph 2, whether or not their infringement can be avoided in a technically feasible manner
when implementing the Specification, such license shall terminate with respect to such claims if
You initiate a claim against Oracle that it has, in the course of performing its responsibilities
as the Specification Lead, induced any other entity to infringe Your patent rights.
c. Also with respect to any patent claims owned by Oracle and covered by the license granted under
subparagraph 2 above, where the infringement of such claims can be avoided in a technically
feasible manner when implementing the Specification such license, with respect to such claims,
shall terminate if You initiate a claim against Oracle that its making, having made, using,
offering to sell, selling or importing a Compliant Implementation infringes Your patent rights.
5. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Agreement: "Independent Implementation" shall mean an implementation of
the Specification that neither derives from any of Oracle's source code or binary code materials
nor, except with an appropriate and separate license from Oracle, includes any of Oracle's source
code or binary code materials; "Licensor Name Space" shall mean the public class or interface
declarations whose names begin with "java", "javax", "com.sun" or their equivalents in any
subsequent naming convention adopted by Oracle through the Java Community Process, or any
recognized successors or replacements thereof; and "Technology Compatibility Kit" or "TCK" shall
mean the test suite and accompanying TCK User's Guide provided by Oracle which corresponds to the
Specification and that was available either (i) from Oracle's 120 days before the first release of
Your Independent Implementation that allows its use for commercial purposes, or (ii) more recently
than 120 days from such release but against which You elect to test Your implementation of the
Specification.
This Agreement will terminate immediately without notice from Oracle if you breach the Agreement or
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in any product. In addition, the Specification could include technical inaccuracies or
typographical errors.
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claims arising or resulting from: (i) your use of the Specification; (ii) the use or distribution
of your Java application, applet and/or implementation; and/or (iii) any claims that later versions
or releases of any Specification furnished to you are incompatible with the Specification provided
to you under this license.
RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND
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in the Software and accompanying documentation shall be only as set forth in this license; this is
in accordance with 48 C.F.R. 227.7201 through 227.7202-4 (for Department of Defense (DoD)
acquisitions) and with 48 C.F.R. 2.101 and 12.212 (for non-DoD acquisitions).
REPORT
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you hereby: (i) agree that such Feedback is provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential
basis, and (ii) grant Oracle a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up, irrevocable
license, with the right to sublicense through multiple levels of sublicensees, to incorporate,
disclose, and use without limitation the Feedback for any purpose.
GENERAL TERMS
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federal law. The U.N. Convention for the International Sale of Goods and the choice of law rules of
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regulations in other countries. Licensee agrees to comply strictly with all such laws and
regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain such licenses to export,
re-export or import as may be required after delivery to Licensee.
This Agreement is the parties' entire agreement relating to its subject matter. It supersedes all
prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals, conditions, representations and
warranties and prevails over any conflicting or additional terms of any quote, order,
acknowledgment, or other communication between the parties relating to its subject matter during
the term of this Agreement. No modification to this Agreement will be binding, unless in writing
and signed by an authorized representative of each party.
Rev. October, 2010
