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In such a business climate that demands a heightened understanding and keen ability to leverage essential technologies, one must understand every element of an agreement as critical and essential as the software user/vendor contract. As there has long been a disconnect between the express interests of the end user and the objectives of the vendor party in the developing, drafting and executing of such contracts, Software Agreements Line by Line serves to bridg… More >>
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I am a practicing attorney and I found this book extremely useful. Thanks to the authors for writing it.
Rating: 5 / 5
There are a number of reasons this book is an excellent resource for both the person who is just starting out reviewing software license and related agreements and those who have experience.
The first, and probably most important reason, is that it’s clearly written. Although it has to contain legal terminology and jargon it doesn’t contain unnecessary legalese and where it does it explains the concepts concisely and clearly.
It provides excellent examples in a before and after format so that’s it is very clear what the author intends.
It contains checklists at the end of most of the sections so that, for both new and experienced reviewers, you can make sure you don’t miss any of the important issues in the contract you’re reviewing.
This is clearly a summary book and while you probably should read it cover to cover at least once, it’s one of those books you should keep handy as a quick reference.
If you’re just starting out reviewing software licenses I’d recommend this Line-by-Line book and a more comprehensive overview book Software Licensing Handbook, Second Edition. Both will provide the what, why, and how of software license reviews and negotiations.
Rating: 5 / 5
I found this book to be extremely useful when working on vedor agreements. The author breaks down the license agreement and provides reasoning on why certain terms should be changed as well as proposed language that is suitable. this book is a great tool when you find yourself on the procurement side of the fence.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book does have a lot of great information in it both for an experienced software contract negotiator as well as a new software contract negotiator. The sections are easy to find so you don’t need to read the entire book to find the information you need, for example information on software infringement. However, even though I read from the print reviews that the type is small and not easy to read, I do recommend you NOT order the digital version. You have to download special Adobe software to read it (not just Adobe reader which most people have anyway) and it will not allow you to print more that 5 pages EVER. So if you are like me and want to have a hard copy of a page to compare to a contract you are negotiating, you are out of luck. So content I would give a 4, but usability, a zero.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you’ve been around software much you won’t really learn alot of new facts or specific details of legal terminology but Overly does have some good suggestions for how to conduct negotation over specific contract areas – indeminification, support, adding additional users – that were very valuable.
For large firm buyers Overly has some interesting ideas about standardizing the contract process and developing enterprise-wide “best practices” for writing re-useable software agreements.
Rating: 4 / 5