http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/20/1026898931824.html A flaw in the way annual software usage statistics are compiled may have led to legal distribution of open-source programs being lumped with illegal trafficking in desktop applications, inflating losses to industry through "phantom" piracy.
The annual software piracy statistics - published by trade groups the US Business Software Association (BSA) and Business Software Association of Australia (BSAA) - are compiled from several sources but none take into account the growing use of open-source desktop applications. (continued in article)
