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DE-AC05-00OR22725<br />

Modification No. 341<br />

Section I<br />

(v<strong>ii</strong>) No costs shall be allowable for maintenance of copyrighted data,<br />

primarily for the benefit of the Contractor and/or a licensee which<br />

exceeds DOE Program needs, except as expressly provided in writing<br />

by the <strong>contract</strong>ing officer. The Contractor may use its net royalty<br />

income to effect such maintenance costs.<br />

(v<strong>ii</strong>i) At any time the Contractor abandons commercialization activities for<br />

data for which the Contractor has received permission to assert<br />

copyright in accordance with this clause, it shall advise OSTI and Patent<br />

Counsel and upon request assign the copyright to the Government so<br />

that the Government can distribute the data to the public.<br />

(4) The following notice may be placed on computer software prior to any<br />

publication and prior to the Contractor's obtaining permission from the<br />

De<strong>part</strong>ment of Energy to assert copyright in the computer software<br />

pursuant to paragraph (c)(3) of this section. Notice: This computer<br />

software was prepared by [insert the Contractor's name and the individual<br />

author], hereinafter the Contractor, under Contract [insert the Contract<br />

Number] with the De<strong>part</strong>ment of Energy (DOE). All rights in the computer<br />

software are reserved by DOE on behalf of the United States Government<br />

and the Contractor as provided in the Contract. You are authorized to use<br />

this computer software for Governmental purposes but it is not to be<br />

released or distributed to the public. NEITHER THE GOVERNMENT NOR<br />

THE CONTRACTOR MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR<br />

ASSUMES ANY LIABILITY FOR THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. This notice<br />

including this sentence must appear on any copies of this computer<br />

software.<br />

(End of Notice)<br />

(5) A similar notice can be used for data, other than computer software,<br />

upon approval of DOE Patent Counsel.<br />

(f)<br />

Open Source Software. The Contractor may release computer software first<br />

produced by the Contractor in the performance of this Contract under an open<br />

source software license. Such software shall hereinafter be referred to as<br />

Open Source Software or OSS, subject to the following:<br />

(1) Obtain Program Approval.<br />

(i)<br />

The Contractor shall ensure that the DOE Program or Programs that<br />

have provided funding (Funding Source) to develop the software have<br />

approved the distribution of the software as OSS. The funding<br />

Program(s) may provide blanket approval for all software developed<br />

with funding from that Program. However, OSS release for any one such<br />

software shall be subject to approval by all other funding Programs<br />

DE-AC05-00OR22725 Section I—Page 213 of 276

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