Where is the Microsoft RFRAND patent licence?
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ECMA and Microsoft employees are mentioning that there is a bilateral RFRAND patent licence available for companies that "sometimes have a large commercial operation" and prefer to enter into a bi-lateral license agreement as opposed to relying on a CNS or OSP-like promise.
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Where is the Microsoft RFRAND patent licence?
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ECMA is mentioning the following in its answer of February 2007:

Pursuant to such Patent Declaration Form, Microsoft has provided assurances to ITTF that any such essential claims vis-à-vis DIS 29500 will be available for full or partial implementations under three different approaches (from which an implementer can select). These options include Microsoft’s Open Specification Promise (see http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/default.mspx), Microsoft’s Covenant http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA102134631033.aspx) and a royalty-free Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory (RAND) license.

Furthermore, a Microsoft employee mentioned here:

Some companies (sometimes that have a large commercial operation) prefer to enter into a bi-lateral license agreement as opposed to relying on a CNS or OSP-like promise.

Where is is possible to get a copy of this licence?

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