Patent ID: 7210123

Claim:
A software evaluation system comprising: a storage device which stores a database in which as administration information of a program, source code identification information for identifying a source code representing the program, function unit identification information for identifying function units of the program which are defined by the source code, and an address of an administrator of the source code are stored; and an evaluation computer which performs an evaluation process on a program to be evaluated to determine whether the program to be evaluated includes any function unit that does not function correctly, and when determining that the program includes such said function unit that does not function correctly, obtains administration information of the program to be evaluated from said database, generates an error report which includes said source code identification information and said function unit identification information included in the obtained administration information, encrypts said error report, and sends said encrypted error report to said address of an administrator of the source code included in the obtained administration information; wherein said evaluation computer encrypts the source code identification information and the function unit identification information before externally sending them.