A recently issued U.S. court decision has confused the parties who are interested in second hand software business, because, according to the decision, the appropriate wording of certain provisions of the software licenses can prevent users to sell the legally obtained software copies. An article from our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek in the PressRoom. [...]
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Ever bought a book or a DVD secondhand? A court verdict in the United States on the resale of software may mean that across the pond, you’d be breaking the law. Fortunatley, Europe has a different approach. The Budapest Business Journal asked our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek. Read the article in the PressRoom. [...] Nowadays it is not impossible to cover all software needs in a company with open source/free sorftware or freeware, but people usually lacks proper knowledge in licensing these products. The article from our consultant Sándor Nagy can be read on the Bitport business information portal [...] Reading the software licenses is very important, but your company’s compliance is not the only reason. Detailed knowlegde about the licenses might result in greater freedom or lower costs. The article from our senior consultant Dr. Eszter Telek can be read on the Bitport [...] Enterprises acquiring second-hand software, e.g. operating systems or more expensive enterprise system licenses can achieve as much as 20-30 percent in savings. Software on unused or scrapped computers, or acquired under volume agreements a while ago can be worth hundreds of thousands of Euros. Eszter Telek, IPR-Insights’ lead consultant is [...] |  | |||
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