What is the MTMO’s role in Marlin?
• grants non-patent IPR for commercial uses of Marlin technology; • provides key management and certificate services for Marlin products and services; • enforces compliance and robustness rules for Marlin products and services; • operates renewability services for the Marlin ecosystem. What is the MTMO’s relationship to the MDC? Why are they separate entities? The MTMO and MDC (Marlin Developer Community) are separate entities specifically to keep technology development activities distinct and independent from the day-to-day activities associated with running a key management and trust services organization. The MDC enables technology development to support the rollout of the Marlin ecosystem. It does this by developing and publishing the Marlin specifications, community code, tools, conformance test and development keys, and white papers for parties interested in evaluating and testing Marlin technology. Note: All specifications and code available through the MDC are intended for inte
