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Copyright Law Constraints on the Transfer of Certain Federal Computer Software with Commercial Applications. Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
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Ols, John M., Jr. – 1991
Under current federal copyright law (17 U.S.C. 105), federal agencies cannot copyright and license their computer software. Officials at the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Institutes of Health state that a significant…
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