Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My first question is for Mr. Boothe.
I understand that back in 2000, to increase the potential for commercial exploitation of intellectual property, we decided to let companies that did procurement business with the government keep their intellectual property, within those limitations. That was to create economic activity, I guess, and it recognized that they were the ones who could benefit from it, because they were the ones who'd go out and market it.
I wonder, as Mr. Christopherson did, why don't you make licensing deals with those companies? If they come to consult and do a contract with you for a year, they are on retainer. If they come up with, say, a great software program that benefits your organization and they want to go out and sell it, why don't you just cut a deal and make a licensing agreement?