Data Rights for Proprietary Software Used in DoD Programs

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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, 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 programs Space Segment, including safety and mission assurance, and how those concerns were addressed and reviews, in less detail, data rights concerns for software incorporated in the Global Positioning System program, and how those concerns were addressed

Author(s):
Cohen, Julie ; Troup, Bonnie ; Ouyang, Henry
Author Organization(s):
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0057

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
CMU/SEI-2010-TN-014
Contract/Grant Number(s):
FA8721-05-C-0003
Monitor Series:
ESC/MA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_4.5.3_Program Management; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_4.5.1_Contract Support Integration; JCA_4.3.1_Depot Maintenance; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_6.2.3_Core Enterprise Services; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance
Modernization Areas:
Space; Quantum Science and Computing
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*RISK ANALYSIS, *COMPUTER PROGRAMS, *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, *OFF THE SHELF EQUIPMENT, *MODIFICATION, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, SAFETY, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, LESSONS LEARNED, POLICIES, DEPLOYMENT, INTEROPERABILITY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software, Military Forces and Organizations, Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
Keyword(s):
*SOFTWARE DATA RIGHTS, *PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE, NONMODIFIED COTS, GOTS(GOVERNMENT OFF THE SHELF), OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE, RESTRICTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE, TSAT(TRANSFORMATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM), TMOS(TSAT MISSION OPERATIONS SEGMENT), TSS(TSAT SPACE SEGMENT), GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM PROGRAM, DATA RIGHTS OPTIONS, MISSION ASSURANCE
Report Date:
2010 Apr 01
Creation Date:
2010 Sep 29