T11/05-822v0

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From: 	Don Stanwyck (LCA) [mailto:Don.Stanwyck@microsoft.com] 

Sent: 	Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:35 AM

To: 	Robert Snively

Cc: 	Brian Kennan (LCA); jmastro@microsoft.com; sworth@microsoft.com; 
	jeffgo@microsoft.com

Subject: 	RE: Availability of information to support FC-VI references in 				International Standard

Bob:


In accordance with your request, Microsoft will offer you a revocable, worldwide license under Microsoft’s copyright to post these documents and reproduce them in technical reports. The document is provided as-is, with no warranty, and must contain appropriate disclaimers as well as a statement that Microsoft is not contributing this document to any particular standards group or standards setting process, nor is Microsoft offering any other licenses (e.g., a patent license) as a result of this statement.

 

Don Stanwyck

Microsoft Corporation

Corporate Standards Strategy Team

 

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From: Robert Snively 
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:18 AM
To: Bill Ham (bill_ham@ix.netcom.com); vinod.bhat@hp.com; jmastro@microsoft.com; sworth@microsoft.com; jeffgo@microsoft.com
Cc: Robert Snively; Craig Carlson (craig.carlson@qlogic.com); Claudio DeSanti (cds@cisco.com); Patrick Morris (pmorris@itic.org); david.rockower@intel.com
Subject: FW: Availability of information to support FC-VI references in International Standard

Dear representatives of HP and Microsoft,

The FC-VI standard uses as primary references three Virtual
Interface Architecture documents.  The documents have been
removed from all publicly available official websites.  In support
of FC-VI as a domestic standard and as an international
standard, the INCITS Fibre Channel Interfaces (T11) committee
would like to place the three documents on the T11 and/or
INCITS webpages.  Two of those documents have copyrights
only from Intel.  The third document, "Virtual Interface Architecture
Specification, Draft Revision 1.0, December 4, 1997" also
is copyrighted by Compaq (now owned by HP) and Microsoft.

I would greatly appreciate a letter permitting the public
posting of the supporting document under the conditions outlined
by David Rockower, below.  That would include a revocable, worldwide 
license under your copyright to post these documents as-is and 
reproduce in technical reports, with appropriate disclaimers so that 
no one mistakenly believes that Intel is necessarily participating in 
any particular standard or offering any other licenses.

Many thanks for you help in obtaining such a letter from your
companies.

Sincerely,

Robert Snively (Chair INCITS TC T11)
408-333-8135
408-835-4321 (cell)