Tips from a Software Lawyer
Here are 3 things every software company can learn from SAP being sued under a software OEM agreement. Without going into the nitty gritty of the details of the case, here is a summary of the facts: SAP distributed and sublicensed certain AMC Technology software embedded with a SAP product. When the software OEM agreement expired, […]
A Software Lawyer’s Take on Forrester’s Software Licensee Bill of Rights. As a software lawyer that represents software and SAAS companies, I thought my perspective on the Forrester Software Licensee Bill of Rights may be useful to you (this is something that may come up during your customer software negotiations). In case you missed it, this report […]
This question may come from time to time as part of your SAAS contact or software EULA review or negotiations, so as a software lawyer I thought I would address it. Here goes. If you have a software product or a SAAS service you should think about whether third-parties (you know people like in the […]
A Software Lawyer’s Take on the Linux Foundation’s ‘NEW’ Open Compliance Program On August 10, 2010 the Linux Foundation announced the Open Compliance Plan. So what is this all about and is this bad or good? Essentially, the Linux Foundation created this program to address a lot of the FUD relating to using open source software […]
Hiring an Offshore Software Developer? 5 Things to Remember in Your Software Development Agreement. As a software attorney, I think there are a few practical things to think about when using an offshore software developer/outsourcing software development, and negotiating the software development agreement. As you know, this has become commonplace, even for smaller Software, SAAS […]