Written question asked by Lord Strasburger (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 3 June 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 June 2020. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Monday, 15 June 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Contact Tracing: Software
- Question
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Her Majesty's Government to what extent they retain ownership of any intellectual property related to the development of the NHSX contact tracing app.
- Answer
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The intellectual property associated with the National Health Service COVID-19 app is retained by the Department. In order to promote transparency, the source code for the app is published under version 3.0 of the Open Government Licence. This licence allows NHSX to make the code Open Source whilst retaining its intellectual property rights related to the development of the app.
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- HL5245
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Software Intellectual property Mobile phones NHSX Coronavirus Contact tracing
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