Specification standards

The ESR Consortium aims at developing the Interoperability of Java applications for the embedded markets.

The European Interoperability Framework drew the criteria that makes a Software Specification “Standard”. This definition is used as a guidline by the ESR Consortium’s rules and processes.

European Interoperability Framework Definition	Philosophy and Rules
“The standard is adopted and will be maintained by a not-for-profit organization, and its ongoing development occurs on the basis of an open decision-making procedure available to all interested parties (consensus or majority decision etc.).”	ESR Consortium is a non-profit entity formed in accordance with the French law of July 1st, 1901 and the decree of August 16, 1901. ESR Consortium is sole responsible for the adoption and the maintenance of the ESR specifications Rules and processes have been created to enable members to take an active part in the Consortium’s choices and decisions.
“The standard has been published and the standard specification document is available either freely or at a nominal charge. It must be permissible to all to copy, distribute and use it for no fee or at a nominal fee.”	All specifications are published on this Website The access to the specification is free The practicing of the specification is free ; The implementation requires a simple silver membership.
“The intellectual property – i.e. patents possibly present – of (parts of) the standard is made irrevocably available on a royalty free basis.”	By joining an ESR working group, each member agrees on giving intellectual property to the ESR Consortium According to the ESR Consortium Agreement, no patent on any function of a specification can be registered by a member
“There are no constraints on the re-use of the standard.”	As a free specification, any use and re-use is allowed for any application in any market