Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs
• Technical Note
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6572879.v1Subjects
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) is increasingly acquiring complex systems that use commercial software to meet many of the systems’ functional requirements. If the commercial software is a truly commercial product and will not be modified (for example, a commercial antivirus program), then for most systems, data rights do not become an issue. However, when the commercial software is based on proprietary software that is not available as a standard commercial product or will be modified such that the end product is no longer commercially available or is different from the standard commercial product (for example, a adding program specific capabilities to a database program), the DoD must consider what data rights are necessary. This paper examines how data rights issues were addressed in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program
- reviews additional concerns posed by the use of commercial software in the TSAT program’s Space Segment, including safety and mission assurance, and how those concerns were addressed
- reviews, in less detail, data rights concerns for software incorporated in the Global Positioning System program, and how those concerns were addressed
Cite This Technical Note
Cohen, J., Troup, B., & Ouyang, H. (2010, April 1). Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs. (Technical Note CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014). Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572879.v1.
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Cohen, Julie, Bonnie Troup, and Henry Ouyang. "Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs." (CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, April 1, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572879.v1.
J. Cohen, B. Troup, and H. Ouyang, "Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014, 1-Apr-2010 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572879.v1. [Accessed: 16-Apr-2024].
Cohen, Julie, Bonnie Troup, and Henry Ouyang. "Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs." (Technical Note CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Apr. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572879.v1. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
Cohen, Julie; Troup, Bonnie; & Ouyang, Henry. Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs. CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014. Software Engineering Institute. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572879.v1