[uug] illegal use of software

[Arthur Moore]

ok this has nothing to do with free software but with proprietary 
software. I have an ethics question. If I an employee of a company, know 
that my company is using licensed software illegally, what obligations 
am I under being an employee. Do I need to bring it to someones 
attention? What happens if my manager ignores my pointing this out? 
Mainly I'm thinking about people using educationally-licensed software 
for commercial use. For instance like a photoshop, or a dreamweaver.

The situation that I'm imagining is one where my co-workers bring in 
their educational based software, that allows them to do their job 
correctly/well. This puts me at a disadvantage for two reasons: My 
coworkers get their job done faster and better than I do, because they 
have the right software for the job, even though it's improperly 
licensed, and my employer hesitates buying the software I need with the 
proper licensed because I can get it cheaper at the "educational discount".

What do you guys think?

Note: This situation that I am describing is *not* Agile Studios, the 
company I work for. Agile purchases licenses for all software they use. 
It is mainly hypothetical.

Art

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