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Tagged with contract-law software
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How to mitigate the risk of getting sued by clients (web dev contracting)
I'm a web dev and I'm thinking about becoming a contractor.
I feel a little uneasy about the possibility of someone potentially trying to sue me. If, for example, a client wants an e-commerce website ...
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Is it considered a breach of confidentiality if data is uploaded to a website which only makes that data available to the uploader?
I'm a developer working at a company that handles sensitive banking information and recently, I've had troubles organising my code and thus posted it in a private repository on Github, which only I ...
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Can my school force me to use applications or a school-issued computer if I do not agree with the terms of use for that application?
Can my school force me to use applications or a school-issued computer if I do not agree with the terms of use for that application? I do not trust most of the applications that my school requires me ...
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Is "expiring" business software considered sabotage?
I developed a software system for my employer. Because this was outside my job description the owner agreed to pay me monthly to maintain the system. Because I knew the owner had a tendency not to ...
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Is it even possible to use the Google Maps API without violating their terms of use?
I went to the Google Maps API terms of use page and scrolled down and found section at 10.5f, which read:
No incorporating Google software into other software.
You will not incorporate any ...
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What's the validity of different versions of Terms of Service (Software, Web)
Many people sit around and nitpick about wording that's added or subtracted. They have many terms for this but its essentially everything they get you to agree before they allow you to use a web ...
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Open Source Software and Legal Responsibility for Software Content
I'm working with a few folks on updating some serious software for mechanism design. Engineered mechanisms have existed in the world now for a few hundred years or so.
The science here isn't really ...
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How does this agreement define 'revenue'?
Microsoft restricts its license of some particular software for organizations with "more than one million US dollars (or the equivalent in other currencies) in annual revenues...."
My clients are ...
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Website Partnership contract between two countries
I'm wondering what the general laws binding international partnership contracts are? For example, if the two people involved resided in different Countries what sort of legal issues would that arise?
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Proof of EULA Acceptance
I know I need to have a mandatory EULA accepted before allowing users onto my system.
Simply recording information about the user and having a database column with "accepted" doesn't seem like it ...
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Assignment of Inventions in Employment Contract for Software Development
I have a contract that basically says this in the Assignment section:
To the fullest extent under applicable law, the
Company shall own all right, title and interest in and to all
Inventions (...
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Google deleted my developer account without warning or much explanation. What can I do?
I haven't received any prior warning in fact from Google and suddenly received the following message:
This is a notification that your Google Play Publisher account has been terminated.
REASON FOR ...
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Paid to write software, contract not signed. Who owns the software?
I was hired, on a 1099 basis, to write a piece of software for a client. I created a contract to specify the work to be done and the cost. I was paid the full amount owed to me. However, the client ...
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Buy a computer/phone from Apple, disagree to the terms of service after purchase; what's the legal perspective
My question and premise are very simple, but the legal perspectives on the answer are unclear to me.
A person purchases an Apple computer/phone product directly from Apple (any device requiring ...
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Can a group continue with app development without the member who originated the idea?
Following situation:
5 friends started an app together: The idea guy, a designer, backend, android and iOS engineer. The friends worked on the app for roughly a year however the idea guy started ...
