The Salutation Architecture is FREE OF CHARGE! You can download the specification from the Web, and there are €€NO ROYALTY FEES for its use! The Architecture is owned by the Salutation Consortium, a non-profit corporation supported by 30+ companies engaged in various aspects of Information Technology. It is the intention of these companies to level the playing field on network service discovery and utilization, allowing the industry to focus on building applications. Companies follow their normal make/buy decision process. - Down load the specification and implement in-house - Build on top of one of the commercially available Software Development Kits. - Hire third-party developers to build solutions €€But in all cases, implementation of the Architecture is unencumbered by royalties.€ €