Can I alter the terms of the KOMP MTA to address concerns of my institutions technology transfer official?
In 2007,UC Davis worked with CHORI, Regeneron, Sanger, and the NIH to come up with an MTA that hundreds of nonprofit and for profit entities would be able to sign without requiring negotiations and modifications. Since then, we have received hundreds of signed unmodified KOMP MTAs. Custom-written MTAs and alterations to the KOMP MTA would create much confusion and additional administrative burden on the KOMP Repository and other parties in the distribution process, thus impeding the acquisition and distribution of KOMP products for the research community.
