Software Technology Transfer and Export Control.

Abstract

The formulation of a reasonable and effective export control policy for software products and software engineering know-how has been an important and difficult task for both the U.S. Government and industry. This note represents the contribution of the Software Subgroup of Technical Working Group 7 (Computers) to the development of a technical policy for the control of software. The note attempts to provide useful discussions and analysis in three areas. The first examines why the problem of software control has been so difficult, and presents the rationale for a number of working hypotheses which underlie the approach taken for the entire study. The second examines, in some detail, the 'what' (know-how and operational capability) and 'how' (transfer mechanisms) of software technology transfer. The last section recommends several items for inclusion on the Militarily Critical Technologies List.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106869

Entities

People

  • Claude E. Walston
  • John B. Mclean
  • Norman S. Glick
  • Seymour E. Goodman
  • William K. Mchenry

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Commerce
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Languages
  • Management Personnel
  • Militarily Critical Technologies
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design