What’s Copyleft? In the simplest terms, Copyleft is a type of contract that governs the use of a piece of open-source software. Copyleft gets a lot of press because it’s a powerful type of contract that can have unintended consequences for companies that use open-source software that’s subject to a Copyleft license – far-reaching consequences, […]
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What is a Business Associate Agreement? Simple: a Business Associate Agreement is the name of a common contract between what’s called a “Covered Entity” (e.g., a hospital network) and a “Business Associate” (e.g., a SaaS company handling data related to health information). Business Associate Agreements are not terribly long, maybe 4-5 pages, but they are
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What are Terms of Service? Simple: Terms of Service are a contract between a SaaS company and its customers. “EULA,” or “End User License Agreement,” is the common name for on-prem software’s analogous legal document. You might sometimes see “Terms of Use” or “Service Terms” or “Subscription Terms” or “Subscriber Agreement” used as the title
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What’s an Acceptable Use Policy? An Acceptable Use Policy is a legal document that forms a part of the “contract stack” of a software, SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS company. The document is typically designed to supplement the usage rights and usage parameters that are defined within the End User License Agreement (EULA), Terms of Service
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What is “bundling” under GDPR? “Bundling” refers to the practice of requiring an End User to consent to the use of their Personal Data for a purpose unrelated to what they are signing up for, typically for marketing purposes. So, for example, let’s say you’re a SaaS company offering free trials of your service on
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What’s a Master Services Agreement?A master services agreement is a type of contract in which one party is providing services to another party. Why “master”?It’s called a “master” agreement because typically, the agreement is designed to allow the addition of multiple different types of services to the agreement itself. So it’s modular in nature. These
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