Regulations last checked for updates: May 13, 2024

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: May 06, 2024
227.7202-3 - 227.7202-3 Rights in commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation.

(a) The Government shall have only the rights specified in the license under which the commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation was obtained.

(b) If the Government has a need for rights not conveyed under the license customarily provided to the public, the Government must negotiate with the contractor to determine if there are acceptable terms for transferring such rights. The specific rights granted to the Government shall be enumerated in the contract license agreement or an addendum thereto.

authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1
source: 56 FR 36389, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 48 CFR 227.7202-3