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Vendors and other organizations that develop or distribute products or services that include or provide access to SNOMED CT must be IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliates.
An Affiliate license is a contractual agreement between IHTSDO SNOMED International and the Affiliate. The Affiliate license grants rights to use SNOMED CT worldwide, subject to:
The Affiliate license agreement can be found at: http://snomed.org/license.
To obtain an :
Organizations that use SNOMED CT must all be either an IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliate or a sub-licensee of an IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliate. IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliates are required to issue sublicenses to organizations (or individuals) who use their products or services, unless the user organization is itself an IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliate. More information on sublicenses is available later in this section.
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IHTSDO Members can impose additional requirements related to the use of SNOMED CT International Edition in their territory. For example they may require use of their National Extension of SNOMED CT.
IHTSDO Members may issue National licenses to IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliates. A National license usually grants use of a National SNOMED CT Extension which may include translations, content additions and reference sets. The terms of a National license may apply similar conditions on the use of the National Extension as the SNOMED CT Affiliate License applies to the International Edition. It may also be part of a broader licensing scheme covering other nationally licensed works
National licenses can only be issued to IHTSDO SNOMED International Affiliates. However, if an applicant for a National License is not already an Affiliate, the Member may issue an Affiliate License on behalf of IHTSDOSNOMED International. Note that an Affiliate license issued in this way is still an agreement between the IHTSDO SNOMED International and the licensee and the terms of the Affiliate License Agreement are the same.
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Figure 17.Responsibilities of Affiliate license holders to report usage and where appropriate to pay the fees which are due
Further details can be found via the IHTSDO SNOMED International website at http://snomed.org/license.
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IHTSDO SNOMED International has published guidance about licensing implications of web-based SNOMED CT browsers and other publicly available software or services and which incorporate, or provide access to SNOMED CT:
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