Tough question. I don't think that there is a right answer. Here is one
suggestion:
Your hypothetical manager might be not be aware of organizations such as the
Business Software Alliance. I'm not suggesting calling in the thugs, but
knowing that they exist should scare any company. The reminder might be
enough.
Richard
On Thursday 29 May 2003 13:59, Arthur Moore wrote:
> 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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