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Consistent with its Purpose as stated in Article One Section 1 and the Guiding Principle “Open in Its Deliverables and Results” in Article Two Section 4, the SHIELD Community seeks to freely distribute the results of its work to all interested parties within the health care ecosystem. In order to achieve this, all SHIELD Community Members must agree that their contributions may be used by any and all ecosystem entities without restriction. Further, SHIELD Community Members must agree not to disclose any information in the course of their SHIELD Community participation for which they, or anyone else they may be aware of, has or may seek to claim an intellectual property interest.Notwithstanding the foregoing, if in the course of its activities a SHIELD Member seeks to disclose information for which they, or anyone else they may be aware of, has or may seek to claim an intellectual property interest, it is the responsibility of that participant to identify such intellectual property interest and seek prior written approval from the SHIELD Community Chair or Vice Chair prior to making any such disclosurerequires that all contributions to the SHIELD community and all distributions from the SHIELD Community must be compatible with the the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
Rule VII: Antitrust
Although a collaborative organization such as the SHIELD Community is recognized as a valuable forum for advancing the goals of the health care ecosystem, one of the potential dangers which participants of any organization face is compliance with federal and state antitrust laws. Such laws generally forbid any combination, contract or conspiracy that restrains trade. Since by its nature SHIELD Community Members may be competitors in the course of their normal business, all SHIELD Community Members must ensure that their activities do not violate applicable law.
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After debate and discussion have been had and no one else has risen to take the floor, the chair will call the question will be asked and the voting process can begin.
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