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Digital Negative (DNG) Specification patent license |
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Adobe is the publisher of the Digital Negative (DNG) Specification |
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describing an image file format for storing camera raw information |
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used in a wide range of hardware and software. Adobe provides the DNG |
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Specification to the public for the purpose of encouraging |
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implementation of this file format in a compliant manner. This |
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document is a patent license granted by Adobe to individuals and |
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organizations that desire to develop, market, and/or distribute |
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hardware and software that reads and/or writes image files compliant |
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with the DNG Specification. |
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Grant of rights |
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Subject to the terms below and solely to permit the reading and |
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writing of image files that comply with the DNG Specification, Adobe |
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hereby grants all individuals and organizations the worldwide, |
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royalty-free, nontransferable, nonexclusive right under all Essential |
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Claims to make, have made, use, sell, import, and distribute Compliant |
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Implementations. |
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“Compliant Implementation” means a portion of a software or hardware |
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product that reads or writes computer files compliant with the DNG |
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Specification. |
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“DNG Specification” means any version of the Adobe DNG Specification |
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made publicly available by Adobe (for example, version 1.0.0.0 dated |
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September 2004). |
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“Essential Claim” means a claim of a patent, whenever and wherever |
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issued, that Adobe has the right to license without payment of royalty |
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or other fee that is unavoidably infringed by implementation of the |
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DNG Specification. A claim is unavoidably infringed by the DNG |
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Specification only when it is not possible to avoid infringing when |
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conforming with such specification because there is no technically |
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possible noninfringing alternative for achieving such conformity. |
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Essential Claim does not include a claim that is infringed by |
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implementation of (a) enabling technology that may be necessary to |
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make or use any product or portion thereof that complies with the DNG |
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Specification but is not itself expressly set forth in the DNG |
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Specification (for example, compiler technology and basic operating |
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system technology), (b) technology developed elsewhere and merely |
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incorporated by reference in the DNG Specification, or (c) the |
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implementation of file formats other than DNG. |
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Revocation |
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Adobe may revoke the rights granted above to any individual or |
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organizational licensee in the event that such licensee or its |
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affiliates brings any patent action against Adobe or its affiliates |
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related to the reading or writing of files that comply with the DNG |
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Specification. |
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Any Compliant Implementation distributed under this license must |
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include the following notice displayed in a prominent manner within |
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its source code and documentation: "This product includes DNG |
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technology under license by Adobe Systems Incorporated.” |
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No warranty |
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The rights granted herein are provided on an as-is basis without |
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warranty of any kind, including warranty of title or noninfringement. |
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Nothing in this license shall be construed as (a) requiring the |
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maintenance of any patent, (b) a warranty or representation as to the |
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validity or scope of any patent, (c) a warranty or representation that |
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any product or service will be free from infringement of any patent, |
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(d) an agreement to bring or prosecute actions against any infringers |
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of any patent, or (e) conferring any right or license under any patent |
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claim other than Essential Claims. |
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Reservation of rights |
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All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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