Guest Blog: Do you work with hardware or software? – Baaz.nl

May I ask again: you work a lot with your computer or laptop? And where do you take it? With the screen, keyboard or mouse or the software? My position is: with the software. If you agree with me that it is advisable to read, because, unlike hardware, the software need not be proprietary.

When you buy a software license and it is regulated what you can do with it. For example, on how many PCs or laptops you may install the program. But even if the software is for business or private use, or who ultimately owns.

Sharing

Especially for franchisees can have unpleasant consequences as the Business Software Alliance (BSA ) is checked. When franchisees involves independent entrepreneurs who typically donate a portion of their sales to the franchisor, and in exchange for that benefit from purchasing benefits and joint marketing. There is a good chance that the different franchisees through an intranet or share a common stock program information with each other. In addition, there will be software that runs locally on the franchisee, as an accounting package or an Office application. It is not always easy to identify who is licensed liable for any programs.

In practice, once we come already to that too little attention to the many variants, opportunities and possible obstacles, which Using software can entail. Think of instances where staff accesses the software of the matter through a (private or shared) smartphone. It may be simply that such use is under license.

Who is responsible?

If the BSA deficiencies finds the discussion often starts to be annoying. BSA and its members – software vendors – will almost always assume that the end user pays for software in that case, unless clearly otherwise provided in the license agreement. But in most cases the owner of the franchise store is liable

Franchisees often mistakenly think that the responsibility for the proper licenses lies with the parent organization.; However, it is often not the case. In principle, these agreements separate from the demands of a software vendor. The defense that the service party – usually a reseller – which yielded these licenses, reported that everything was okay, not enough. Franchisees there is need therefore aware of it, that in principle they themselves are accountable for the use of software in their enterprise

Even with real subsidiaries using software that is shared by several people -. For example, in a shared service – comply with specific licenses. In short, affiliate managers and supervisors must in all applications that use them, ask whether and how the rights are defined. Especially when there is combined use. Who wants to prevent that problem, can choose SaaS using applications such as Microsoft which delivers Office 365.