RFC 1790 (rfc1790) - Page 1 of 4

An Agreement between the Internet Society and Sun Microsystems, Inc

Network Working Group                                            V. Cerf
Request for Comments: 1790                              Internet Society
Category: Informational                                       April 1995


               An Agreement between the Internet Society
                                  and
                         Sun Microsystems, Inc.
               in the Matter of ONC RPC and XDR Protocols

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Note:

   This RFC is NOT a standard. It is an official public record of an
   agreement between SUN Microsystems and the Internet Society.  The
   referenced RFC 1057 dated June 1988 ("RFC: Remote Procedure Call
   Protocol Specification Version 2) and RFC 1014 dated June 1987 ("XDR:
   External Data Representation Standard) are not attached to the
   document below, but are incorporated by reference.

Purpose:

   This Request for Comments records an agreement between SUN
   Microsystems, Inc. and the Internet Society to permit the flow of
   SUN's Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call and External Data
   Representation specifications into the Internet Standards process
   conducted by the Internet Engineering Task Force.  It should be noted
   by readers that paragraph 4 means, in part, that someone or some
   organization other than the named "Licensees" must be separately
   "licensed" to make use of these specifications for implementation or
   other purposes.  SUN Microsystems commits to providing such a license
   under "substantially similar terms" and at no charge.  If the
   referenced RFCs are re-issued as Proposed Standards, SUN could offer
   a blanket license to implementors which could, itself, be documented
   and recorded as an RFC for reference.











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