Exhibit 10.38

LICENSE AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made by and between Baltimore Technologies Ltd., having a principal place of business at IFSC House, International Financial Services
Centre, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, including its holding company, subsidiary and affiliate companies ("Baltimore") and Commerce One, having a principal place of business at 4440 Rosewood
Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA ("Licensee").

The
use of all copies of Licensed Product(s), as defined below, shall be subject to the terms and conditions contained herein. This Agreement supersedes any previous agreement governing
the Licensed Product(s) listed in Appendix 1, including any License Agreement contained within the install shield of Licensed Software or physically accompanying the products. In the event of
conflicting information this License Agreement shall take ultimate precedence, with the exception that terms contained in Appendix 1 shall supersede these general terms and conditions in each
instance of conflicting information. In addition, this Agreement is subject to the Toolkit & Upgrades Deliverables Insert.

1.    DEFINITIONS

1.1.  "Licensed
Product(s)" means the Licensed Software and Licensed Hardware. All references to Licensed Product(s) shall include as appropriate Licensed Software, Licensed
Hardware, and/or any associated Documentation or Related Materials.

1.2.  "Licensed
Software" means the set of machine-readable materials in object code ("byte code") form on media or any revision thereof, in whole or in part, provided to
Licensee by or on behalf of Baltimore as set out in Appendix 1 hereto, but specifically excludes third party products supplied by Baltimore.

1.3.  "Documentation"
or "Related Materials" means the user documentation and any other materials related to the Licensed Product(s) provided in any form to Licensee by or on
behalf of Baltimore.

1.4.  "Licensee
Program(s)" means computer software programs intended for the End User market rightfully manufactured, sold or licensed by Licensee.

1.5.  "Licensee
Product" means the product(s) described in Appendix 1 and authorised to be developed by Licensee for Enterprise Use or intended for the End User
market, containing both Licensee Program(s) and the Licensed Software in accordance with this Agreement. The Licensee Product must i) represent a significant functional and value enhancement to
the Licensed Software such that the primary reason to license such Licensed Software is other than the right to receive a license to the functionality of the Licensed Software included in the Licensee
Product and where the Licensed Software provides a minority of the value of the Licensee Product together with which it comprises a complete application; ii) not directly expose or pass through
any application programmer's interfaces (APIs); and iii) unless otherwise expressly provided in Appendix 1, not be a security add-on or "bolt-on", the primary
purpose of which is providing security to a third party's product.

1.6.  "Runtime
Components" means any components of the Licensed Software incorporated in or used in the execution of the Licensee Product.

1.7.  "Effective
Date" means the date on which the last signature is affixed to this Agreement.

1.8.  "Distributor"
means a dealer or distributor in the business of reselling or relicensing the Licensee Product to End User Customers, directly or through one or more
Distributors, by virtue of

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authority
granted by Licensee. A Distributor shall have no rights to modify any part of the Licensed Product(s) as contained within the Licensee Product.

1.9.  "End
User Customer" or "End User" means a person or an entity receiving from Licensee or a Distributor Licensed Software as part of the Licensee Product for personal or
internal use and primarily not for resale, redistribution or other transfer of such Licensee Product to any other person or entity.

1.10. "Machine"
means any piece of electronic equipment capable of running software, programs or components.

1.11. "Affiliate"
means any company controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Party.

1.12. "Non-Disclosure
Agreement" means the confidentiality agreement entered into between the Parties on or prior to the Effective Date hereof.

1.13. "Day"
means a calendar day.

2.    LICENSE

This
Agreement grants Licensee a revocable (as set forth in section 14.5) non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited License under the terms and conditions
set out in this Agreement to use and/or distribute the Licensed Product(s) solely as specified herein.

3.    RESTRICTIONS

3.1.  Licensee
must have a reasonable process in place to ensure that the number of Developers of the Licensed Product(s) do not, at any one time, exceed the number of
licenses purchased by Licensee. Licensee will, upon the request of Baltimore, certify to Baltimore the number of Developers of the Licensed Product(s). Having more Developers of the Licensed
Product(s) than licensed is a material breach of this Agreement.

3.2.  A
separate "Runtime License" is required for the production and/or operation of each copy of the Licensee Product. The number of Runtime Licenses required or alternate
Royalty arrangements are described in Appendix 1.

3.3.  Source
code of Licensed Software (other than included header files and demonstration code) and design documentation are never considered part of Licensed Software and
are neither delivered nor under any circumstances licensed to Licensee hereunder. Licensee shall not modify, adapt, translate, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer Licensed Software or any part
thereof in any form whatsoever, or otherwise attempt to derive source code or create derivative works, other than Licensee Products therefrom, and shall not authorise or allow any third party to do
any of the above.



3.4.  Licensee
shall have no right to use the Licensed Product(s), in whole or in part, for any purpose other than specified herein. Appendix 1 describes in detail the
usage limitations for each Licensed Product under this Agreement Prohibited activities include but are not limited to:



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3.5.  Licensee
may make one (1) copy of Licensed Software in machine readable, object code form, solely for backup or archival purposes, provided that such copy of the
Licensed Software shall include all applicable copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices of Baltimore. This backup copy may not be used in any manner while the Licensed Software is materially
operable. Licensee may not copy any of the Documentation or Related Materials. Additional copies of any Related Materials may be requested from Baltimore at the then-current purchase
price.

4.    DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE

4.1.  Delivery



4.2.  Acceptance



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4.3.  Remedies
for Failure or Non-Acceptance of Delivery If Licensee rejects Delivery of the Licensed Product(s) pursuant to Clause 4.2 (including all
sub-clauses thereto), Baltimore will replace the Licensed Product(s) in accordance with the Warranty provisions set forth in Section 10) herein.

5.    PAYMENTS

5.1.  Baltimore
reserves the unequivocal right to change its International Price List at any time and from time to time without notice. All orders must be priced according to
the International Price List current at the time of order.

5.2.  License
Fee

The
License Fees payable for Licensed Product(s) are specified in Appendix 1.

5.3.  Maintenance
Fees

If
a Maintenance and Support Agreement is executed in conjunction with this License Agreement, a copy will be attached hereto and the fees outlined in Exhibit A to the Maintenance
and Support Agreement.

5.4.  Taxes

Licensee
shall bear all applicable taxes.

6.    MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT

6.1.  Licensee
may request a Maintenance and Support Agreement for the Licensed Product(s) from Baltimore and by means of Electronic Mail (E-mail), Facsimile, or
in writing to Baltimore at the address set forth above.

6.2.  Maintenance
and Support Services are provided pursuant to a separate Maintenance and Support Agreement. If a Maintenance and Support Agreement is executed in
conjunction with this License Agreement, a copy will be attached hereto.

7.    ASSIGNMENT

7.1.  Licensee
may not assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations granted hereunder to any third party without the prior written
consent of Baltimore, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.



7.2.  Baltimore
may assign or transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time with notice to the Licensee. Such assignee shall be entitled to enforce the
same against Licensee as if it were named in this Agreement as Baltimore.

8.    OWNERSHIP

8.1.  All
title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights (including, without limitation, all copyright, confidential information, patents, design rights,
trademarks, and database rights) in and to Licensed Product(s) shall remain in Baltimore and/or its suppliers. Licensee acquires no title, right or interest in Licensed Product(s) other than the
licenses specifically granted herein by Baltimore and title to the media upon which Licensed Software is delivered (if Physical Delivery is made pursuant to Clause 4.1).

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8.2.  Grant
of license shall not be deemed to result in or refer to sale, transfer or any other conveyance to Licensee of Baltimore's trademarks or any other intellectual
property right of whatsoever nature held or used by Baltimore. Baltimore will retain all rights in and to any copy, translation, modification, enhancement, improvement, development, adaptation or
derivation of Licensed Product(s) and any work performed by Baltimore under this Agreement or the Maintenance and Support Agreement. This does not include Licensee Products (except to the extent they
include Licensed Products).

8.3.  Licensee
shall not apply to register any trademark or trade name held or used by Baltimore or any word or combination of words confusingly similar to them anywhere in
the world. Baltimore Technologies, Global E--Security, Global E-Security, E-Security, E--Security, TrustedWorld, PKI World, Zergo, ZSA CyberTrust, OmniRoot and Baltimore
product names including UniCERT, MailSecure, WebSecure, PKI-Plus, W/Secure, X/Secure and J/CRYPTO are all trademarks of Baltimore Technologies plc and its subsidiaries.

9.    TRADEMARK, LOGO AND PROPRIETARY NOTICES

9.1.  Licensee
will include appropriate Baltimore trademark, logo and a statement identifying Baltimore as the creator and owner of the Licensed Software and the Baltimore
and Licensed Software trademarks splashes, about-dialogues and product documentation relating to the Licensee Product with Baltimore proprietary notices and markings.

9.2.  Licensee
shall not remove any trademark, trade name, copyright notice or other proprietary notice from Licensed Product(s), and shall be responsible for the
conservation of the same on all copies received under this Agreement and on any backup copy of Licensed Software created in accordance with this Agreement.

10.    WARRANTIES

10.1. Licensee
acknowledges and accepts that Licensed Software is a complex software product and may include defects.

10.2. Material
Defect



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10.3. EXCEPT
AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, BALTIMORE PROVIDES LICENSED PRODUCT(S) "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. BALTIMORE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY THAT FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN LICENSED PRODUCT(S)
OR THE RESULTS OF USE WILL MEET LICENSEE'S REQUIREMENTS, THAT OPERATION OF LICENSED PRODUCT(S) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY DEFECT WILL BE CORRECTABLE. LICENSEE ASSUMES THE ENTIRE
RISK AS TO THE SUITABILITY, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF LICENSED PRODUCT(S).

10.4. Baltimore
warrants that maintenance for the purpose of keeping Licensed Product(s) compliant with applicable technology standards and up to date with general
development in the field will be available on terms and conditions described in the Maintenance and Support Agreement for a minimum period of two (2) years from the Effective Date. Services
will be provided pursuant to a duly executed Maintenance and Support Agreement and full payment of all associated fees.

10.5. Baltimore
warrants that, without any change in operations or procedures, Licensed Software (as applicable) will record, store, process and present calendar dates
falling on or after 1 January 2000 in the same manner and with the same functionality as dates falling on or before 31 December 1999.



11.    LIMITED LIABILITY

11.1. Except
for Intellectual Property Indemnity (Section 12), neither Party's total liability for any claim, demand or action arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the transaction contemplated hereby shall in any case exceed $1Million.

11.2. Neither
Party shall have any liability to the other for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages (including but not limited to damages for
loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, data, goodwill or other pecuniary loss), under any cause of action or theory of liability arising out of the use,
inability to use, or defect in Licensed Product(s), irrespective of whether such Party has advance notice of the possibility of such damages. These limitations shall apply notwithstanding failure of
the essential purpose of any limited remedy. THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY.

11.3. Licensee
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Baltimore and its past, present and future officers, directors and employees from and against any and all claims, suits
or actions asserted against any or all of them arising in any manner from any negligent act or omission of Licensee or its present or future employees, officers, directors, members or agents unless
such act or omission was pursuant to the specific written request and authorization of Baltimore. Baltimore agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Licensee and its past, present and future officers,
directors and employees from and against any and all claims, suits or actions asserted against any or all of them arising in any manner from any negligent act or omission of Baltimore or its present
or future employees, officers, directors, members or agents unless such act or omission was pursuant to the specific written request and authorization of Licensee.

11.4. Baltimore
expressly denies any use of Licensed Product(s) in or in connection with Life-Critical Solutions and accepts no liability in respect of any
actions breaching this restriction. Licensee assumes full liability and shall indemnify and hold Baltimore harmless from any claims based

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on
this restricted use of Licensed Product(s). "Life Critical Solution" means an application software package or hardware device whose functioning or malfunctioning may result directly or indirectly
in physical injury or the loss of human life.

12.    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEMNITY

12.1. Baltimore
warrants that it has full right and power to grant Licensee the rights described herein and to enter into this Agreement.

12.2. Baltimore
warrants that (i) Licensed Product(s) are developed or validly acquired by Baltimore and (ii) Baltimore has not received notice of or otherwise
is aware of any claim or threat of claim that Licensed Product(s) infringe any patent, trade secret, copyright or any other Intellectual Property Rights of any third party. Baltimore will settle
and/or defend at its own expense and pay any resulting awards and settlements arising from any claim, demand, suit or action against Licensee, to the extent such claim, demand, suit or action alleges
that Licensed Product(s) as supplied by Baltimore infringes upon any Intellectual Property Right of any third party, provided that (i) Licensee promptly informs Baltimore in writing of any such
claim, demand, suit or action, (ii) Baltimore is given sole control over the defence thereof and Licensee cooperates in the defence at Baltimore's expense, and (iii) Licensee will not
agree to the settlement or any such claim, demand, suit or action prior to a final judgement thereon without Baltimore's prior written consent. Licensee shall, at its expense, have the right to select
its own counsel to participate in any such defence.



12.3. Baltimore
shall in no case be held liable for any infringement of intellectual property rights arising from any use or modification of Licensed Product(s) not
expressly allowed herein, and accepts no responsibility of any kind for infringement arising from Licensee Product unrelated to the Licensed Products.

12.4. Licensee
hereby acknowledges and accepts that Licensed Software includes algorithms as well as formulae patented by third parties as set forth in Appendix 1.
Licensee hereby undertakes to acquire at its own cost any patent or other license required for the use of such third party components. Licensee shall indemnify and hold Baltimore harmless against all
claims regarding infringement resulting from licensees failure to do so.

Baltimore
will under no circumstances be responsible for infringement resulting from use of Licensed Software in violation of this Agreement, or from combination of Licensed Software
with programs or environments which infringe where Licensed Software alone does not.

13.    TERM

This
Agreement is effective from the Effective Date and, unless otherwise specified in Appendix 1, shall remain in force unless terminated.

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14.    TERMINATION

14.1. In
addition to the termination provisions otherwise herein incorporated, Baltimore may terminate this Agreement and the License granted hereunder with immediate effect
upon written notice to Licensee if:



14.2. Either
Party may terminate this Agreement and the License granted hereunder with immediate effect by written notice to the other Party in the event that:



14.3. Termination
of the Maintenance and Support Agreement shall not be deemed to form a cause for termination of this Agreement.

14.4. The
provisions of all clauses which by sense or content must survive, specifically including but not limited to Sections 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17,18 and 19 herein, shall
survive termination for any reason. Baltimore reserves the right to take any legal action necessary to recover outstanding debts payable to Baltimore and any damages incurred by Baltimore.

14.5. Upon
termination of this Agreement and the License granted hereunder:



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14.6. Termination
of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the Parties accrued rights hereunder.

15.    FORCE MAJEURE

15.1. The
terms and conditions of this Agreement are subject to Force Majeure and neither Party shall be responsible for any consequence caused by circumstances beyond its
reasonable control, including but not limited to war (whether or not declared), acts of government or the European Union, export or import prohibitions, breakdown or general unavailability of
transport, general shortages of energy, fire, explosions, accidents, strikes or other concerted actions of workmen, lockouts, sabotage, civil commotion and riots.

15.2. If
either Party suffers delay in execution of its contractual obligations due to such circumstances, the Party shall as soon as possible give the other Party notice in
writing of the cause of delay. Such Party shall, however, perform said contractual obligations as promptly as reasonably practicable after removal of the cause and/or its effects.

15.3. Neither
Party shall claim damage or any other compensation from the other Party for delays or nonfulfillment of this Agreement caused by Force Majeure.

15.4. In
the event the delay or non-performance of either Party under Force Majeure continues for a period of six (6) months, either Party shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect without liability.

16.    CONFIDENTIALITY

16.1. The
Parties agree that the existence and content of this Agreement and the documentation, code and technology exchanged hereunder are confidential information, subject
to the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement executed by the Parties or (in the absence of a signed version) the current Baltimore standard Non-Disclosure Agreement.

16.2. Licensed
Product(s), Documentation and Related Materials are delivered on a confidential basis and Licensee is responsible for employing reasonable measures to prevent
unauthorised use thereof, which measures shall not be less onerous than those employed by Licensee in protecting its own proprietary information. Licensee may disclose Licensed Product(s),
Documentation and Related Materials to its employees only as necessary for the use permitted under this Agreement.

16.3. The
obligations of this Section 16 shall remain in force for the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year following any termination or
expiry hereof.

17.    AMENDMENT; WAIVER

No
modification or waiver of any provision herein shall be binding on either Party unless specifically agreed upon in writing and signed by both Parties hereto. No delay, neglect or
forbearance to exercise or enforce any right or remedy granted hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor in any way prejudice a Party's rights hereunder. No waiver of any breach shall operate
as a waiver of any separate or subsequent breach.

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18.    SEVERABILITY

18.1. The
unenforceability or invalidity, in whole or in part, of any provision herein shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.

18.2. If
the invalidity of any provision materially alters the original balance of interests of Baltimore and Licensee, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith new
provisions to restore the original intention of the Parties hereunder.

19.    LAW AND JURISDICTION

Unless
otherwise specified in Appendix 1, jurisdiction shall be as follows: If the License is granted to a Licensee in the United States of America, this Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If the License is granted to a Licensee in the rest of the world, this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland.

20.    NOTICES

20.1. Any
notice required or authorised to be given hereunder or any other communication between the Parties provided for hereunder shall be addressed to a Party's
registered office, its address as given in this Agreement, or any other address provided to the other Party as its service address, and may be served by one (or more) of the following methods:



20.2. Any
notice so given shall be deemed to have been served according to the following timeframes:



20.3. In
proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter, cable or telefax containing the notice was properly addressed and, as the case may be, put
into the post, handed to a cable office or transmitted or, alternatively, received in the event of actual receipt earlier than herein stipulated.

21.    LANGUAGE

The
English language governs all documents, notices and meetings of any kind relating to this Agreement. All communications, documents and proceedings of any kind must either be in
English or accompanied by a certified English translation thereof.

22.    ENTIRETY OF AGREEMENT

The
terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Toolkit Deliverables insert and other Appendices incorporated herein, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior communications, written or oral, excluding the Non-Disclosure Agreement. These terms and conditions shall prevail notwithstanding any
different, conflicting or additional terms and conditions which may appear on any purchase order,

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acknowledgement
or other writing not expressly incorporated into this Agreement. Once this Agreement is signed, any reproduction of this Agreement made by reliable means (e.g., by photocopy or
facsimile) is considered an original. The headings in this Agreement are for ease of reference only and shall not in any way affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any provision thereof.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HERETO, the Parties hereto execute this Agreement as of the date below.

|FOR LICENSEE |                 | FOR BALTIMORE
|------------ | --------------- | -------------
|SIGNATURE:   | /s/SAM PRATHER  |              
|NAME:        | Sam Prather     |              
|TITLE:       | SVP Engineering |              
|DATE:        | 6/30/00         |              

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APPENDIX 1

PRODUCT AND LICENSE FEE EXHIBIT

1.1   Licensed Software

|Product Name |  | Platform
|------------ |  | --------
|[**]         |  |         

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[**]
Confidential treatment requested.

The Licensed Software will be delivered to Licensee's principal place of business via Physical Delivery pursuant to Section 4of the
License Agreement. The place of business as requested by the Licensee is: Attn: Rob Williams, Commerce One Inc., 19191
Vallco Parkway, Cupertino, California 95014, USA.

Subject to all other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Licensed Software may be used only as necessary in the development, production and maintenance of
and distributed as embedded object code only components within the Licensee Product described below.

The Licensed Software contains an algorithm belonging to RSA Data Security which is subject to patent restrictions and which may not be used or distributed in any
manner within the United States of America without specific license from RSA. This restriction remains in effect until September 2000, after which the conditions governing use of the RSA
algorithm within the US will change. Licensee acknowledges this restriction and agrees to be bound by it. Baltimore may, at its option, provide Licensee with a US version of the Licensed Software
which may be used and distributed within the United States of America without violation of the RSA patent restrictions.

On execution of this document Licensee joins the TrustedWorld Partner Program as an e-security/ISV member. Benefits of the program as
described in the TrustedWorld Partner Program Guide (the "Program Guide") and the specific benefits of e-security/ISV membership (the "Partner Guide") are automatically made
available to
Licensee. Baltimore reserves the absolute right to amend the Program and Partner Guides from time to time, and copies of any such amendments will be made available to Licensee within thirty
(30) days of release.

Licensee
acknowledges and accepts that termination or expiry of its Licensee status will automatically terminate its membership in the TrustedWorld Partner Program.

Licensee
agrees to insert and maintain, within the Licensee Product and marketing materials, in the manner described in this Section, the e-Security Seal in the same manner as detailed in section 9 above
pertaining to Baltimore trademarks, logos and proprietary notices.

"Licensee Product" means all Commerce One software products.

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a)    License Feedeveloper kits

|Product Name |  | No. of Developer Kits |  | Fees
|------------ |  | --------------------- |  | ----
|[**]         |  |                       |  |     

b)    Runtime/Royalty Fees

A non-refundable Royalty Fee Buyout of [**] is due and payable as shown below. This includes unlimited Runtime Licenses for
the Licensed Software solely as embedded components within the Licensee Product described above.

|Product Name |  | Royalty Fee buyout
|------------ |  | ------------------
|[**]         |  |                   

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[**]
Confidential treatment requested.

c)     Maintenance and Support Fees

Maintenance and Support fees are detailed in Exhibit A to the Maintenance and Support Agreement.

Any
payments not received at Baltimore's bank within the thirty (30) day payment period will have interest charged on them at the rate of three percent (3%) above the base lending
rate published by Fleet Bank for the period from when such payment was due until the date the payment is actually received.

Payment
should be made to:

[**]

|FOR LICENSEE |                 | FOR BALTIMORE
|------------ | --------------- | -------------
|SIGNATURE:   | /s/SAM PRATHER  |              
|NAME:        | Sam Prather     |              
|TITLE:       | SVP Engineering |              
|DATE:        | 6-30-2000       |              

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