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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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90 sections with “government purpose rights”: the first 40

  • DFARS 227.7103-5 Government rights.
    The standard license rights that a licensor grants to the Government are unlimited rights, government purpose rights, or limited rights. Those rights are defined in the clause at 252.227-7013, Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial …
  • DFARS 227.7203-5 Government rights.
    The standard license rights in computer software that a licensor grants to the Government are unlimited rights, government purpose rights, or restricted rights. The standard license in computer software documentation conveys unlimited right…
  • DFARS 227.7103-4 License rights.
    (a) Grant of license. The Government obtains rights in technical data, including a copyright license, under and irrevocable license granted or obtained for the Government by the contractor. The contractor or licensor retains all rights in t…
  • DFARS 227.7103-12 Government right to establish conformity of markings.
    …r correction, contracting officers may unilaterally correct any nonconforming markings at Government expense. Prior to correction, the data may be used in accordance with the proper restrictive marking. (b) Unjustified markings. (1) An unj…
  • DFARS 227.7104-2 Rights in SBIR or STTR data.
    … Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, the Government obtains the following standard license rights: (1) Unlimited rights in the technical data and computer software listed in paragraph (c)(1)…
  • DFARS 227.7203-12 Government right to establish conformity of markings.
    …r correction, contracting officers may unilaterally correct any nonconforming markings at Government expense. Prior to correction, the software or documentation may be used in accordance with the proper restrictive marking. (b) Unjustified…
  • DFARS 252.227-7013 Rights in Technical Data—Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ilities of the computer software or provide instructions for using the software. Covered Government support contractor means a contractor (other than a litigation support contractor covered by 252.204-7014) under a contract, the primary pu…
  • DFARS 252.227-7014 Rights in Other Than Commercial Computer Software and Other Than Commercial Computer Software Documentation.
    …s clause— Commercial computer software means software developed or regularly used for nongovernmental purposes which— (1) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the public; (2) Has been offered for sale, lease, or license to the public; …
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …s clause— Commercial computer software means software developed or regularly used for nongovernmental purposes which— (1) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the public; (2) Has been offered for sale, lease, or license to the public; …
  • DFARS 252.227-7025 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked with Restrictive Legends.
    …(4), or 227.7203-6(d), use the following clause: Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Government-Furnished Information Marked With Restrictive Legends (JAN 2025) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— (1) For contracts in which the …
  • FAR 27.305-2 Administration by the Government.
    …a) Agencies should establish and maintain appropriate follow-up procedures to protect the Government's interest and to check that subject inventions are identified and disclosed, and when appropriate, patent applications are filed, and that…
  • FAR 27.404-2 Limited rights data and restricted computer software.
    …ing limited rights data and restricted computer software by withholding the data from the Government and instead delivering form, fit, and function data. (b) Alternate definition of limited rights data. For contracts that do not require th…
  • FAR 35.014 Government property and title.
    (a) The requirements in part 45 for establishing and maintaining control over Government property apply to all R&D contracts. (b) In implementing 31 U.S.C. 6306, and unless an agency head provides otherwise, the policies in subparagraphs (…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    … invention is being utilized and that its benefits are, to the extent permitted by law or Government regulations, available to the public on reasonable terms. Subject invention means any invention of the Contractor made in the performance …
  • FAR 52.227-14 Rights in Data—General.
    …esses, formulas, and flow charts of the software. Limited rights means the rights of the Government in limited rights data as set forth in the Limited Rights Notice of paragraph (g)(3) if included in this clause. Limited rights data means…
  • FAR 52.227-17 Rights in Data—Special Works.
    …ve, cost or pricing, or management information. Unlimited rights means the rights of the Government to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any m…
  • FAR 52.227-20 Rights in Data—SBIR Program.
    …e not been made available to others by the Contractor or are not already available to the Government. SBIR rights means the rights in SBIR data set forth in the SBIR Rights Notice of paragraph (d) of this clause. Technical data means reco…
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    As prescribed in 45.107(a), insert the following clause: Government Property (SEP 2021) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Cannibalize means to remove parts from Government property for use or for installation on other Government p…
  • DFARS 252.227-7016 Rights in Bid or Proposal Information.
    …rch Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, clause of this contract. (b) Government rights to contract award. By submission of its offer, the Offeror agrees that the Government— (1) May reproduce the bid or proposal, or an…
  • DFARS 252.227-7020 Rights in special works.
    …sound recordings in any medium; or, items of similar nature. (c) License rights. (1) The Government shall have unlimited rights in works first produced, created, or generated and required to be delivered under this contract. (2) When a wo…
  • DFARS 252.227-7032 Rights in technical data and computer software (foreign).
    …: Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software (Foreign) (JUN 1975) The United States Government may duplicate, use, and disclose in any manner for any purposes whatsoever, including delivery to other governments for the furtherance of …
  • DFARS 227.7103-2 Acquisition of technical data.
    … (b)(1) Data managers or other requirements personnel are responsible for identifying the Government's life-cycle needs for technical data. Technical data needs must be established giving consideration to the offeror's economic interests in…
  • DFARS 227.7103-7 Use and nondisclosure agreement.
    …ed in paragraph (b) of this section, technical data or computer software delivered to the Government with restrictions on use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure may not be provided to third parties, un…
  • DFARS 227.7108 Contractor data repositories.
    … or disclosure of technical data from the repository to third parties consistent with the Government's rights in such data; (3) When required by the contracting officer, deliver data to the Government on paper or in other specified media; …
  • DFARS 252.227-7017 Identification and Assertion of Use, Release, or Disclosure Restrictions.
    …solicitation shall identify, to the extent known at the time an offer is submitted to the Government, the technical data or computer software that the Offeror, its subcontractors or suppliers, or potential subcontractors or suppliers, asser…
  • DFARS 252.227-7021 Rights in data—existing works.
    …. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor hereby grants to the Government a nonexclusive, paid-up license throughout the world (1) to distribute, perform publicly, and display publicly the works called for under t…
  • DFARS 252.227-7023 Drawings and other data to become property of Government.
    …t 227.7107-1(b), use the following clause: Drawings and Other Data to Become Property of Government (MAR 1979) All designs, drawings, specifications, notes and other works developed in the performance of this contract shall become the sol…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … funds of supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evalu…
  • FAR 4.402 General.
    …“National Industrial Security Program” (NISP), establishes a program to safeguard Federal Government classified information that is released to contractors, licensees, and grantees of the United States Government. Executive Order 12829 amen…
  • FAR 12.404 Warranties.
    (a) Implied warranties. The Government's post award rights contained in 52.212-4 are the implied warranty of merchantability, the implied warranty of fitness for particular purpose and the remedies contained in the acceptance paragraph. (1…
  • FAR 17.802 Policy.
    …(1) A service platform for conducting reverse auctions may be provided by a commercial or Government entity. (2) While some reverse auction service providers are paid directly by the Government for reverse auction services, other providers…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …er 18 of title 35, U.S.C. (as implemented by 37 CFR part 401), Presidential Memorandum on Government Patent Policy to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies dated February 18, 1983, and Executive Order 12591, Facilitating Access to…
  • FAR 27.404-3 Copyrighted works.
    …required by statute to prepare; (ii) Data are intended primarily for internal use by the Government; (iii) Data are of the type that the agency itself distributes to the public under an agency program; (iv) Government determines that lim…
  • FAR 27.405-1 Special works.
    …pilation of data (other than limited rights data or restricted computer software) for the Government's own use, or when there is a specific need to limit distribution and use of the data or to obtain indemnity for liabilities that may arise…
  • FAR 27.405-3 Commercial computer software.
    … prescribed in this subpart need be used, but the contract shall specifically address the Government's rights to use, disclose, modify, distribute, and reproduce the software. Section 12.212 sets forth the guidance for the acquisition of co…
  • FAR 27.408 Cosponsored research and development activities.
    ….g., by cost-sharing or by repayment of nonrecurring costs), and the contractor's and the Government's respective contributions to any item, component, process, or computer software, developed or produced under the contract are not readily …
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …i)(2) of this section); (vi) For the management, operation, design, or construction of a Government-owned facility to perform research, development, or production work (see paragraph (i)(3) of this section); or (vii) A contract involving …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …re otherwise allowable, the costs are reasonable unless, as applied to work in performing Government contracts, the costs are unwarranted by the character and circumstances of the work or discriminatory against the Government. The applicati…
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … delivery payments shall be made only for completed supplies and services accepted by the Government in accordance with the terms of the contract. Contracts may provide for commercial advance and commercial interim payments based upon a wid…
  • FAR 32.411 Agreement for special account at a financial institution.
    …red into this ____ day of ____________, 20____, between the United States of America (the Government), represented by the Contracting Officer executing this agreement, ________ [Insert the name of the Contractor], a ________ [Insert the nam…

FAR (chapter 1)

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.