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Third Party Software
Most IT projects will involve some integration of software owned by different parties. The key consideration for all software developers and product suppliers when using any third party owned software in development projects is to ensure that you have the right to use the software which you are utilising.
Open source software will almost always require you to include a particular copyright notice to acknowledge ownership of code.
Not only do you need to ensure that you have the necessary rights to use third party software in your project, it is also essential that you either price work for clients to include the third party software that you will be procuring on their behalf or ensure that you contractually exclude all responsibility for procuring and/or paying for such third party software.
When delivering software which integrates with client legacy systems or third party software, you must ensure that you and the client agree beforehand how much of the integration you are responsible for. Are you responsible for the interfaces between software/systems? Do you have the necessary rights and licences to perform such integration? Have you stipulated the format/method in which you will receive data from third party software/systems? Whose fault is it if the software/systems don't integrate?