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- Lundell, Björn, et al.
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Use of Commercial SaaS Solutions in Swedish Public Sector Organisations under Unknown Contract Terms
- 2022
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Ingår i: Electronic Government. - Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland AG. - 9783031150869 - 9783031150852 ; , s. 73-92
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Lawful and appropriate use of cloud-based globally provided Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions by a public sector organisation (PSO) for data processing and maintenance of digital assets presupposes an investigation of all relevant contract terms. Having obtained, analysed, and filed all relevant contract terms when using a SaaS solution is a prerequisite for good administration. Identifying and obtaining all relevant contract terms for a SaaS solution involves significant obstacles which in practice may be impossible to overcome for each PSO. This paper addresses how PSOs investigate contract terms prior to adoption, and why PSOs use a globally provided SaaS solution without having identified and obtained all relevant contract terms. Through a review of responses to questions and public documents from Swedish PSOs we analysed how each PSO had investigated contract terms and licences for the Microsoft 365 (M365) solution prior to adoption and use of the solution in each PSO. We find that no PSO had investigated all relevant contract terms prior to use of M365, which implies that each PSO uses M365 under unknown contract terms. Further, we find that all PSOs use M365 for data processing of its digital assets under unknown contract terms and that each PSO has significant dependence and trust in its supplier.
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- Backlund, Per, et al.
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Workshop – Open Source Software for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds : Practice and Future
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Ingår i: Open Source Software: New Horizons. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. - 9783642132438 - 9783642422447 - 9783642132445 ; , s. 419-420
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Computer games and virtual worlds are increasingly used throughout our society with people playing on the bus, at home and at work. Computer games thus affect larger and larger number of people and areas in the society of today. There are even scholars who advocate that games or virtual environments create better environments for learning than traditional classrooms. This situation motivates the use of games and game technology for additional purposes, e.g. education, training, health care or marketing.
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- Gamalielsson, Jonas, et al.
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On Engagement With ICT Standards and Their Implementations in Open Source Software Projects : Experiences and Insights From the Multimedia Field
- 2021
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Ingår i: International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR). - Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global. - 2470-8542 .- 2470-8550. ; 19:1, s. 1-28
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The overarching goal in this paper is to investigate organisational engagement with an ICT standard and open source software (OSS) projects that implement the standard, with a specific focus on the multimedia field, which is relevant in light of the wide deployment of standards and different legal challenges in this field. The first part reports on experiences and insights from engagement with standards in the multimedia field and from implementation of such standards in OSS projects. The second part focuses on the case of the ITU-T H.264 standard and the two OSS projects OpenH264 and x264 that implement the standard, and reports on a characterisation of organisations that engage with and control the H.264 standard, and organisations that engage with and control OSS projects implementing the H.264 standard. Further, projects for standardisation and implementation of H.264 are contrasted with respect to mix of contributing organisations, and findings are related to organisational strategies of contributing organisations and previous research.
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- Gamalielsson, Jonas, et al.
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On influences between ICT standards and their implementations in open source software projects : the case of H.264
- 2020
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Ingår i: Booklet of Papers of the 11th International Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT 2020). - Aachen : Verlagshaus Mainz. - 3958863795 - 9783958863798 ; , s. 1-12
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents novel results concerning influences between ICT standards and their implementations in open source software (OSS). Specifically, findings draw from observations and analysis related to the ITU-T H.264 standard and the two OSS projects OpenH264 and x264 that both implement the standard. The study reports on a characterisation of organisations that influence and control the H.264 standard, organisations that influence and control OSS projects implementing the H.264 standard, and influences between contributors involved with the H.264 standard and OSS projects implementing that standard. Further, projects for standardisation and implementation of H.264 are contrasted with respect to mix of contributing organisations, and findings are related to organisational strategies of contributing organisations and previous research.
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- Lundell, Björn, et al.
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Addressing Lock-in Effects in the Public Sector : How Can Organisations Deploy a SaaS SolutionWhile Maintaining Control of Their Digital Assets?
- 2020
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Ingår i: Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners, Posters, Workshops, and Projects at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020co-located with the IFIP WG 8.5 International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020. - Aachen : CEUR. ; , s. 289-296
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- As software as a service (SaaS) adoption increases in both the public and private sectors, so does dependency on specific providers and technologies and the consequent danger of lock-in. This paper reports on how public sector organisations (PSOs) can, and should, avoid lock-in throughout the lifecycle (commissioning, deployment and decommissioning) of their deployment of the Microsoft Office 365 SaaS product (O365). We investigate how 33 PSOs address different lock-in effects, focussing on the City of Gothenburg, and show that none of the PSOs determined possible lock-in effects prior to implementation or were able to provide documented evidence that they would be able to independently access, process and maintain the digital assets processed by the SaaS solution after decommissioning. We also report on jurisdictional and data processing issues, with consequent impact on digital sovereignty.
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- Lundell, Björn, et al.
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Avoiding lock-in effects through obtaining all necessary licences before use of a SaaS solution in a public sector organisation
- 2023
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Ingår i: European Journal of Law and Technology. - 2042-115X. ; 14:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With increased adoption and use of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions from international providers many public sector organisations expose themselves to a dependency on specific providers and a range of different lock-in effects. The article reports from a case study which investigated how a large Swedish public sector organisation addressed licensing issues and lock-in effects during adoption and use of a SaaS solution (Microsoft 365). The study identifies problematic licensing issues and presents a legal analysis related to the organisational implementation of the SaaS solution in the specific organisation. Findings show that the organisation has failed to successfully obtain all necessary licences and all necessary rights which would allow for long-term maintenance of all its digital assets independently of the SaaS solution currently in use.
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- Lundell, Björn, et al.
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Enabling OSS usage through procurement projects : How can lock-in effects be avoided?
- 2021
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Ingår i: Open Source Systems. - Cham : Springer. - 9783030752507 - 9783030752538 - 9783030752514 ; , s. 16-27
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Formulation of mandatory requirements in procurement projects has significant influence on opportunities for development and deployment of Open Source Software (OSS). The paper contributes insights on a widespread practice amongst public procurement projects which causes problematic lock-in effects and thereby inhibits opportunities for use of OSS solutions. Through a systematic investigation of 30 randomly selected procurement projects in the software domain the paper highlights illustrative examples of mandatory requirements which cause lock-in and presents five recommendations for how requirements instead should be formulated in order to avoid causing lock-in. Findings show significant lock-in caused by current procurement practices with a stark preference for proprietary software and SaaS solutions amongst procuring organisations.
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- Lundell, Björn, et al.
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Implementing the HEVC standard in software : Challenges and Recommendations for organisations planning development and deployment of software
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Standardisation. - Delft : TU Delft OPEN. - 2772-9249. ; 2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Implementation and use of an IT standard in software involves legal, technical and societal challenges. This paper addresses how an organisation can, and should, determine the conditions for implementation and use of the HEVC standard in software. The investigation considers the availability of the standard’s complete technical specification and the extent to which an organisation can access the information necessary to assess the licence conditions for standard essential patents impinging on the standard. Through an action case study approach the investigation analyses declarations in patent databases relevant to the standard and seeks to obtain patent licences from each declarant permitting implementation of the standard in software, where that software is to be provided under one (or several) of three specific open source software licences, and alternatively to be provided as an online service. Our analysis of legal and licensing conditions for use of the standard shows significant obstacles. We find that it is impossible to obtain licences from patent holders that would allow for implementation and use of the standard in open source software. The paper illuminates significant challenges related to conditions for use of the standard under (F)RAND terms and identifies that references to the standard in public procurement projects lead to anti-competitive effects.
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