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Contractual role
Variation permits third parties to maintain,host,develop/adapt forbuyer without directFaculty agreement. Other commercial exploitation/competing products restricted;actual appointment or repository access unestablished.
Buyer-authorised CDDP contractors → CDDP retained licensed IP
AppendixC4-5 permits use, adaptation and modification for buyer services. Third parties cannot exploit the IP for unrelated commercial benefit or build a competing commercial product from it. Permissions and limits are not proof of actual deployment.
UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology → Buyer-authorised CDDP contractors
AppendixC2,4-5 allows maintenance, hosting, development and adaptation for the buyer without a direct licence or other agreement with Faculty. It does not prove any replacement contractor was appointed or that practical switching costs were low.
UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology → variation permits buyer to authorise third-party services → Buyer-authorised CDDP contractors
AppendixC2,4-5 allows maintenance, hosting, development and adaptation for the buyer without a direct licence or other agreement with Faculty. It does not prove any replacement contractor was appointed or that practical switching costs were low.
Buyer-authorised CDDP contractors → permitted use serves buyer with commercial restrictions → CDDP retained licensed IP
AppendixC4-5 permits use, adaptation and modification for buyer services. Third parties cannot exploit the IP for unrelated commercial benefit or build a competing commercial product from it. Permissions and limits are not proof of actual deployment.