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Global Concerns Statement

The Global Concerns Statement is prepared by asking the developer of the software to provide a statement reflecting on whether the subject software:

  • Could be used in any way that would be contrary to the best wishes of Goddard, NASA, or the U. S. of America
  • Might divulge trade secrets or risk giving away any "high technology"
  • Contains source code that could be modified to do harm (command a spacecraft or disrupt Wall Street)
  • Might harm other software or operational systems
  • Utilizes encryption
  • Might disclose information about the configuration of NASA networks such as parallel algorithms running explicitly across multiple NASA systems at multiple NASA sites
  • Performs any analysis of network traffic

As unlikely as this may seem, as the expert on this software, the developer of the software is in the best position to assure that GSFC does not release any software that can be misused. 

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