** Reply to message from "Nicholas Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:23:25 -0400
> Does the BSA pay for the costs associated with an audit? Or can they > just arbitrarily come to any company suspected of using open source > software(non-Microsoft), and audit them (thus costing the company a > significant amount of money)? The timeline for a BSA audit seems like > a long, painful process that doesn't apply to linux-only companies. The BSA has the legal contract with Microsoft to do this but it has little power to do anything regarding open source. It is about businesses who use Microsoft software. A Linux-only shop would just have to prove to the judge that they don't run Windows or any Microsoft software and could probably turn around and charge the BSA for court costs. Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
