Free Software at Companies in Montería

Juan Raúl Vergara Villadiego

Programa de Ingeniería de sistemas, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, sede Montería

Francisco Torres Hoyos

Universidad de Córdoba

According to the Chamber of Commerce registry, 98.2% of the 170 companies registered in Montería are micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The authors selected a representative sample of 50 companies that account for 30% of those legally registered in Montería. These cases are MSMEs that sell informatics systems and software applications. 2 evaluative type surveys were designed for the study. The results show that 95.6% of the MSMEs use proprietary software without actually having the proper licenses; 90.4% do not use free software and 75% confuse free software with software that is free of charge. The authors explain how they examined the use and knowledge of free software at the MSMEs of Montería.

Keywords: free software, proprietary software, license, piracy, software applications, copyright
Published
2014-12-01
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J. R. Vergara Villadiego and F. Torres Hoyos, “Free Software at Companies in Montería”, ing. Solidar, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 105–110, Dec. 2014, doi: 10.16925/in.v9i17.810.
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