[kictanet] KCB cited for software piracy - Business Daily

[Ngigi Waithaka]

Ali,

That ruling is a bit interesting... You uninstall and yet are banned from
either developing or sourcing for a replacement!

On 30 Mar 2017 10:13 a.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Interesting development. Potential precedence setting.
>
> The High Court has stopped KCB Group from using a banking IT platform
> following a multi-million-shilling lawsuit where the lender is accused of
> software piracy.
>
> Nagalakshmi Solutions Ltd (NLS) obtained orders stopping KCB from using
> its banking software after the lender continued using it despite
> terminating the five-year contract in November.
>
> Judge Fred Ochieng also ordered KCB, Kenya’s largest bank by assets, to
> uninstall the software that works together with its core banking
> application and barred the listed lender from developing a similar IT
> application.
>
> Read on:-
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/KCB-cited-for-
> software-piracy/539550-3870220-b7e92lz/
>
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