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Legal Issues with FOS-ERP: A UK Law Perspective

Legal Issues with FOS-ERP: A UK Law Perspective

Sam De Silva
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781613504864|ISBN10: 1613504861|EISBN13: 9781613504871
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-486-4.ch007
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De Silva, Sam. "Legal Issues with FOS-ERP: A UK Law Perspective." Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning: Systems and Strategies, edited by Rogerio Atem de Carvalho and Björn Johansson, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 102-115. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-486-4.ch007

APA

De Silva, S. (2012). Legal Issues with FOS-ERP: A UK Law Perspective. In R. Atem de Carvalho & B. Johansson (Eds.), Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning: Systems and Strategies (pp. 102-115). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-486-4.ch007

Chicago

De Silva, Sam. "Legal Issues with FOS-ERP: A UK Law Perspective." In Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning: Systems and Strategies, edited by Rogerio Atem de Carvalho and Björn Johansson, 102-115. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-486-4.ch007

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Abstract

Whilst there are numerous benefits for a business from procuring a ERP on the basis of FOS licensing terms, there are a number of legal risks which need to be considered. These legal risks include: (a) assuming all FOS licences are the same; (b) uncertainty as to the enforceability of FOS licences; (c) lack of clarity in relation to the legal characterisation of FOS licences; (d) risk of poor performance; (e) risk of IPR infringement claim; (f) issues arsing from reciprocity; (g) legal challenges to FOS licences; and (h) the issues arising from the missing contractual provisions. The chapter outlines these legal risks and provides recommendations as to how to mange such risks.

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