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The three types of license that govern use of SNOMED CT are Affiliate licenses, Sub-licenses and National licenses.
Vendors and other organizations that develop or distribute products or services that
include or provide access to SNOMED CT must be IHTSDO Affiliates.
An Affiliate license is a contractual agreement between IHTSDO 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 Affiliate or a sub-licensee of an IHTSDO Affiliate. IHTSDO Affiliates are required to issue sublicenses to organizations (or individuals) who use their products or services, unless the user organization is itself an IHTSDO Affiliate. More information on sublicenses is available later in this section.
Affiliate license holders who supply SNOMED CT enabled products or services to others are required to:
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 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 Affiliates. However, if an applicant
for a National License is not already an Affiliate, the Member may issue an Affiliate
License on behalf of IHTSDO. Note that an Affiliate license issued in this way is
still an agreement between the IHTSDO and the licensee and the terms of the Affiliate
License Agreement are the same.
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 website at http://snomed.org/license.
IHTSDO 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: http://snomed.org/browserlicenseguidance.