Piracy has been a big dilemma in third world countries and Pakistan is not short of Piracy by any means. In 2008, the software piracy rate in Pakistan was around 86% and the commercial value of unlicensed software in Pakistan was 278 million US dollars. Now in 2017, installations of unlicensed software on personal computers (PC) in Pakistan fell by 6 percent i.e. from 86% to 80% percent but still, the commercial value of this illegal software activity amounted to $261.32 million.

In Pakistan, there is a growing trend that major Organizations and Companies have shifted and are planning to shift towards Open Source ERP solutions for their Businesses. This is because of being a part of the International shift which erupted in the last decade as there has been a significant change in the preferences of the International Big Companies towards open-source ERP Solutions. Today nearly 78% of corporate businesses run some kind of open-source solution.