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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">227.7202-1</ph> Policy.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  Commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation shall be acquired under the licenses customarily provided to the public unless such licenses are inconsistent with Federal procurement law or do not otherwise satisfy user needs.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(b)  Commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation shall be obtained competitively, to the maximum extent practicable, using firm-fixed-price contracts or firm-fixed-priced orders under available pricing schedules.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c)  Offerors and contractors shall not be required to—</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(1)  Furnish technical information related to commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation that is not customarily provided to the public except for information documenting the specific modifications made at Government expense to such software or documentation to meet the requirements of a Government solicitation; or</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(2)  Relinquish to, or otherwise provide, the Government rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose commercial computer software or commercial computer software documentation except for a transfer of rights mutually agreed upon.</p>
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            <p>(d) When establishing contract requirements and negotiation objectives to meet agency needs, the Government should consider the factors identified in <xref href="227.7203-2.dita#DFARS_227.7203-2" outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly">227.7203-2</xref>(b) and (c) for commercial computer software and computer software documentation, consistent with paragraph (c) of this section.</p>
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