Stop pussyfooting around. If your company has no intention of complying with legal software licensing requirements they are breaking the law. The whole reason companies commercially retail software is to make money. If they don't make money it's either because the product sucks, the price is too expensive or others are abusing the licensing requirements. If you're a serious developer you will understand that illegal copying is ripping you and your fellow developers off.
If reasoning doesn't appear to work then anonymously report them to the BSA or Microsoft. The bonus is that the last I heard Microsoft was offering $5000 to anyone who reports a company that is subsequently prosecuted for piracy. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > If the company has any framework of Policy documents like > Best Practice, ISO whatever. You need to establish that > it is company policy to be 'honesty' and act with > 'integrity' in respect of software licencing. 'Best > practice' buzword, busword. > > If the framework exists they can hardly not accept this. > > Then you have the mechanism. You may then have to claim > professional integrity and refuse to move against the > policy. Nothing gets installed without an order form for > the license. ;-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ChrissyR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 06 April 2004 4:20 pm > > To: OffTopic DUG > > Subject: [DUG-Offtopic] Follow Up To Last Post About > > Software > > > > How do you convince a company that they should > > have legitimately purchased software when they > > realise that they can install one copy of the > > application on all 30 PCs? > > > > One solution is to report them to the seller of the > > application and get them sued so they learn the hard > > way but that seems a little hash. Reason should work > > but I have, so far, failed to do this. > > > > Chrissy. > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > Visit us online at http://www.ecan.govt.nz > > > > ********************************************************** > ************ This email and any files transmitted with it > are confidential and intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you > have received this email in error please notify the system > manager. > > The contents of this email and any attachments are not > formal policy of Environment Canterbury, unless otherwise > stated. > ********************************************************** > ************ > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
