LICENSE-HQC.txt

I, Philippe Gaborit, University of Limoges, 123 av. A. Thomas, 87000 Limoges France
am the owner of the following patents and/or patent applications: “Cryptographic method for
communicating confidential information” US9094189 B2, and “Procédé cryptographique de
communication d'une information confidentielle” FR 10/51190, and do hereby commit and agree
to grant to any interested party on a worldwide basis, if the cryptosystem known as, HQC
is selected for standardization, in consideration of its evaluation and selection by NIST, a non-
exclusive license for the purpose of implementing the standard:

without compensation, and under reasonable terms and conditions that are
demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination.

I further do hereby commit and agree to license such party on the same basis with respect to any
other patent application or patent hereafter granted to me, or owned or controlled by me, that is
or may be necessary for the purpose of implementing the standard.

I further do hereby commit and agree that I will include, in any documents transferring
ownership of each patent and patent application, provisions to ensure that the commitments and
assurances made by me are binding on the transferee and any future transferee.

I further do hereby commit and agree that these commitments and assurances are intended by
me to be binding on successors-in-interest of each patent and patent application, regardless of
whether such provisions are included in the relevant transfer documents.

I further do hereby grant to the U.S. Government, during the public review and the evaluation
process, and during the lifetime of the standard, a nonexclusive, nontransferrable, irrevocable,
paid-up worldwide license solely for the purpose of modifying my submitted cryptosystem’s
specifications (e.g., to protect against a newly discovered vulnerability) for incorporation into
the standard.
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I, Carlos Aguilar Melchor, of ENSEEIHT, 2 rue Charles Camichel, 31000 Tolouse, FRANCE
am the owner of the following patents and/or patent applications: “Cryptographic method for
communicating confidential information” US9094189 B2, and “Procédé cryptographique de
communication d'une information confidentielle” FR 10/51190, and do hereby commit and agree
to grant to any interested party on a worldwide basis, if the cryptosystem known as, HQC,
is selected for standardization, in consideration of its evaluation and selection by NIST, a non-
exclusive license for the purpose of implementing the standard:

without compensation, and under reasonable terms and conditions that are
demonstrably free of any unfair discrimination.

I further do hereby commit and agree to license such party on the same basis with respect to any
other patent application or patent hereafter granted to me, or owned or controlled by me, that is
or may be necessary for the purpose of implementing the standard.

I further do hereby commit and agree that I will include, in any documents transferring
ownership of each patent and patent application, provisions to ensure that the commitments and
assurances made by me are binding on the transferee and any future transferee.

I further do hereby commit and agree that these commitments and assurances are intended by
me to be binding on successors-in-interest of each patent and patent application, regardless of
whether such provisions are included in the relevant transfer documents.

I further do hereby grant to the U.S. Government, during the public review and the evaluation
process, and during the lifetime of the standard, a nonexclusive, nontransferrable, irrevocable,
paid-up worldwide license solely for the purpose of modifying my submitted cryptosystem’s
specifications (e.g., to protect against a newly discovered vulnerability) for incorporation into
the standard.
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I, Marion BLIN, interim Regional Delegate of CENTRE NATIONAL DE
LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, 3 rue Michel Ange, 75794 PARIS
cedex 19 FRANCE, am the authorized representative of the owner of
the following patent(s) and/or patent application(s):

 - French Priority Patent: Procédé cryptographique de
   communication d’une information confidentielle, FR 10/51190,
   February 18th, 2010, and its validated extensions in France, in
   Germany, in Swiss, in United Kingdom, United States, and in
   Japan,

and do hereby commit and agree to grant to any interested party on a
worldwide basis, if the cryptosystem known as HQC is selected for
standardization, in consideration of its evaluation and selection by
NIST, a non-exclusive license for the purpose of implementing the
standard:

without compensation and under reasonable terms and conditions
that are demon- strably free of any unfair discrimination.

I further do hereby commit and agree to license such party on the
same basis with respect to any other patent application or patent
hereafter granted to me, or owned or controlled by me, that is or may
be necessary for the purpose of implementing the standard.

I further do hereby commit and agree that I will include, in any
documents transferring ownership of each patent and patent
application, provisions to ensure that the commitments and assurances
made by me are binding on the transferee and any future transferee.

I further do hereby commit and agree that these commitments and
assurances are in- tended by me to be binding on successors-in-
interest of each patent and patent application, regardless of whether
such provisions are included in the relevant transfer documents.

I further do hereby grant to the U.S. Government, during the public
review and the evaluation process, and during the lifetime of the
standard, a nonexclusive, nontransferrable, irrevocable, paid-up
worldwide license solely for the purpose of modifying my submitted
cryptosystem’s specifications (e.g., to protect against a newly
discovered vulnerability) for incorporation into the standard.