Key Data Rights Definitions
• “Technical Data” – recorded information, regardless of the form or
method of the recording, of a scientific or technical nature
(including
computer software documentation); Does not include computer
software or data incidental to contract administration (e.g. financial,
management information)
• “Computer Software” – computer programs, source code, source code
listings, object code listings, design details, algorithms, processes, flow
charts, formulae, and related material;
enables the software to be
reproduced, recreated, or recompiled
; Does not include computer
databases or computer software documentation
• “Computer Software Documentation” – owner’s manuals, user’s
manuals, installation instructions, operating instructions, and other
similar items, regardless of storage medium, that
explain the capabilities
of the computer software or provide instructions for using the software
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