Open source has become an integral part of business models in numerous organizations regardless of their size and age. For some, the reasons may be ideological, for some pragmatical: OSS brings strategic benefits related to wider spread of software and larger knowledge pool organizations can tap into. A recent study by EUIPO Observatory focusing on Read more about Open Source Software in the European Union: EUIPO Study[…]
In the previous article I illustrated model situation when using software requires vendor’s services with particular contracts in place and wrote in more details about Master Service Agreement (MSA). Let’s have a closer look at its inherent part, the Statement of Work (SOW) and why it is important for organizations not to underestimate it. Statement Read more about Open Source and Contracts: MSA and SOW, Part II[…]
In today’s digital era probably everybody of us knows that source code of the Open Source Software (OSS) is publicly available. A good example is GitHub platform. And most of us know where to find such code’s conditions of use. However, what will happen if we need development of new features or qualified and effective Read more about Open Source and Contracts: MSA and SOW, Part I[…]