JointSubmission requestto W3C by W3C MembersMarimba Incorporated andMicrosoft Corporation
We,Marimba, Inc. (along with Microsoft Corp., pleasereferenceseparate submission declaration fromMicrosoft) hereby submit to the Consortium the following specificationcomprising the document(s) linked below:
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submissionbe known as the"OSD" submission.
This document provides an initial proposal for the Open Software Description(OSD) format. OSD, an application of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML),is a vocabulary used for describing software packages and their dependenciesfor heterogeneous clients. We expect OSD to be useful in automated softwaredistribution environments.
Marimba agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C standard,any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Marimba to implementand use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes ofsupporting the Internet Standard on a royalty-free basis. One condition ofthis license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights againstMarimba and other companies for their implementation of the Internet Standard.Marimba expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material andsubject matter of this contribution.
Marimba expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contributionincluding any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rightsof others or is fit for a particular purpose.
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The submission may distributed within the membership of the W3C free of anyfee. The submission may be distributed publicly free of any fee
The following points should be noted as regards licensable technology involvedin any third party implementations of the technology specified in the submission:There are no known issues at this time beyond typical platform- andimplementation-dependent software engineering.
We suggest that the Consortium consider this proposal as part of the PushWorkshop scheduled for September, 1997.
Marimba can not commit resources at this time however we look forward toproviding assistance from time to time.
Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versionsto be produced by W3C process.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directedto:
Beth Johnson, 650-463-0177<beth@marimba.com>
Bob Schettino, 650-596-2700<bobtino@thomaspr.com>
this 13th day of August, 1997 by Marimba, Inc. (in conjunction with MicrosoftCorporation: please seeseparate submissiondeclaration)
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submissionbe known as the"OSD" submission.
This document provides an initial proposal for the Open Software Description(OSD) format. OSD, an application of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML),is a vocabulary used for describing software packages and their dependenciesfor heterogeneous clients. We expect OSD to be useful in automated softwaredistribution environments.
Microsoft agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C standard,any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Microsoft to implementand use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes ofsupporting the Internet Standard on a royalty-free basis. One condition ofthis license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights againstMicrosoft and other companies for their implementation of the Internet Standard.Microsoft expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the materialand subject matter of this contribution.
Microsoft expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contributionincluding any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rightsof others or is fit for a particular purpose.
N/A.
The submission may distributed within the membership of the W3C free of anyfee.
The submission may be distributed publicly free of any fee
The following points should be noted as regards licensable technology involvedin any third party implementations of the technology specified in the submission:There are no known issues at this time beyond typical platform- andimplementation-dependent software engineering.
We suggest that the Consortium consider this proposal as part of the PushWorkshop scheduled for September, 1997.
To help with this work, we expect to be able to provide one non-residentdocument editor as well as reference source code to the Consortium.
Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versionsto be produced by W3C process.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directedto:
Thomas Reardon<thomasre@microsoft.com>,Microsoft Corp.
this 12th day of August, 1997 by Microsoft Corporation (in conjunction withMarimba, Inc. please seeseparate submissiondeclaration)