Received January 24, 2002 From: DIETRICH Yann FTRD/VAT/ISS France Telecom SA declares that its contributions are in conformity with section 10 of RFC 2046. If part(s) of a contribution by France Teleco SA employees is(are) included in a IETF standard and France Telecom SA has patents and/or pending applications that are essential to implementation of such included part(s), France Telecom is prepared to grant, on the basis of reciprocity ( grant-back ) whenever applicable, a license on such included part(s) on reasonable, non-discriminatory terms and conditions. Such license shall be subject to a written license agreement before use of patents and/or patents applications as defined hereunder. Any questions related to this statement may be addressed to : France Telecom R&D VAT/PI Mr Patrick Bonnier 38, rue du G=E9n=E9ral Leclerc 92794 Issy Moulineaux Cedex 9 - France mailto : patrick.bonnier@francetelecom.com A copy of this letter is sent by e-mail to the IESG secretary at iesg-secretary@ietf.org Regards, Patrick Bonnier Head of IPR Dep