JSR-339 Java™ API for RESTful Web Services (“Specification”)
Version: 2.0
Status: Final Release
Release: May 22, 2013
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1. License for Evaluation Purposes. Oracle hereby grants you a fully-paid, non-exclusive, non-transferable,
worldwide, limited license (without the right to sublicense), under Oracle’s applicable intellectual property rights to
view, download, use and reproduce the Specification only for the purpose of internal evaluation. This 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 the Specification in oral or written communications which discuss the
Specification provided that such excerpts do not in the aggregate constitute a significant portion of the Specification.
2. License for the Distribution of Compliant Implementations. 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 addition,
the foregoing license is expressly conditioned on your not acting outside its scope. No license is granted hereunder
for any other purpose (including, for example, modifying the Specification, other than to the extent of your fair use
rights, or distributing the Specification to third parties). Also, no right, title, or interest in or to any trademarks,
service marks, or trade names of Oracle or Oracle’s licensors is granted hereunder. Java, and Java-related logos,
marks and names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle America, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
3. Pass-through Conditions. 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 paragraph, You may neither: (a) grant
or otherwise pass through to your licensees any licenses under Oracles applicable intellectual property rights; nor (b)
authorize your licensees to make any claims concerning their implementation’s compliance with the Specification in
question.
4. Reciprocity Concerning Patent Licenses.
a. With respect to any patent claims covered by the license granted under subparagraph 2 above that would be
infringed by all technically feasible implementations of the Specification, such license is conditioned upon your
offering on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, to any party 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
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