[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59584-59585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22357]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Computer Software Available for License

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of computer software available for license.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy announces that the following 
computer software is available for license: ``MASTER'' (Mathematical 
Software for Teaching, Education, and Research).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John T. Lucas, Office of the Assistant 
General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. 
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 
20585; Telephone (202) 586-2802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The above-captioned computer software was 
developed under the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) 
project  1478.2. The software is used to solve physical 
problems by means of computer simulation. It is capable of simulating 
the following non-stationary processes in one-dimensional 
approximation: gas, fluid, and solid matter movement under gradients of

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pressure, temperature, or energy release; propagation of shock, 
detonation, and sound waves in continuous and porous substances; 
destruction and spallation; heat transfer; and magneto hydrodynamics. 
The software is meant for undergraduates, post graduates, teachers, and 
researchers. It can be a supplement to courses on continuum mechanics 
and condensed matter physics. It can exhibit examples of classical 
problems, illustrate features of physical process, conduct qualitative 
and quantitative assessments of a phenomenon under study, and solve 
applied tasks.
    The software currently may be in need of revision, and the 
Department is looking for one or more private-sector parties who will 
revise and maintain the software at their own expense. The private 
sector party or parties will have the right to market the software to 
non-Government parties. The Government will retain an unlimited, 
royalty free, non-exclusive license in the original version of the 
software for Govern mental purposes.
    Parties will be given 45 calendar days from the date of this Notice 
to contact the Department. After the period for response has elapsed, 
respondents will be sent a series of questions on their plans for 
revising, maintaining, and commercializing the software and under what 
terms they would make it available to the Government. DOE will then 
decide which party or parties to select.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2004.
Paul A. Gottlieb,
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property.
[FR Doc. 04-22357 Filed 10-4-04; 8:45 am]
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