We're not talking about exotic new operating systems or Web browsers here. All told, the Lab Medicine Tutorial Series has 12 products out now, and two updates and three new releases are scheduled for the next six months. The University of Washington handles software products through its technology transfer office. Software is a work product, not an idea. Software technology transfer usually starts with the product itself.
Software is a complex product that can have multiple rights.
To track down these people and obtain the releases and clearances you need is a substantial job. You need to devote strategic resources to this from the outset, because if you don't manage where you get your materials from, it's not publishable. Software is more tightly bound to the academic mission of a university. Much like academic publishing and instructional activities, software innovations require continuous attention to issues of publication and control. Moreover, refining an application entails the participation of the end user.