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Re: [PLUG] Interesting thread on SEUL-EDU mailing list...
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On 24 Apr 2002 at 12:28, Jon Galt wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Michael Leone wrote:
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> > They might be able to force an audit via the BSA. I worked for a
> > place once that got sued by the BSA for license violations; it was a
> > long, extended, extremely agrravating 2.5 yrs ...
>
> And how did BSA gather their information about the software being
> used?
The usual - the guy who had my job before me got pissed off, and told
the BSA.
> I used to work somewhere that got a letter from BSA about doing some
> kind of audit. I don't remember the details, but they just blew it
> off and, so far as I know, never heard from BSA again.
Those letters are a different matter, than a targeted audit, and
legal suit. ISTR the BSA wanted $300K in damages at first (we had
something like 25 WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 violations - this was
1996, I believe; I started at the beginning of 97, and the case was
in progress).
They settled for like $25K (after 2.5 yrs of the lawyers jabbering at
each other), and the right to come in and audit every x number of
months.
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