I, William Whyte, of 187 Ballardvale St. Suite A202, Wilmington MA 01803, U.S., am the owner or au-
thorized representative of the owner, OnBoard Security, of the following patent(s) and/or patent applica-
tions(s): US 7308097 B2 (“Digital signature and authentication method and apparatus”), and do hereby
commit and agree to grant to any interested party on a worldwide basis, if the cryptosystem known as
Falcon 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.