If you just can't sit still, and you feel that you _must_ take action, consider Ammon on his mission among the Lamanites. He had no authority (much like many of us) and yet he was able to influence the king of the land to change his ways. He didn't do it by sending a memo to the king outlining his sins or reporting him to the authorities, but rather he worked as a model employee who accomplished extraordinary things. The king took note, and Ammon gained favor in his eyes. At _that_ point, and not a minute before, he taught the king how to change. Perhaps this story applies to many of us as well.
--Dave On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 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 > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Dave Smith System Programmer, BYU CS Department GPG Fingerprint: F907 A5C6 17AE C55D CE33 9F05 A829 B63C 99AE 2919 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
