Am 14. Jul, 2003 schw=E4tzte Alan Dayley so:
> The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is currently doing one of their
> enforcement PR campaigns again. Several people at my employer have
My initial reaction was that it's better not to be bringing up the BSA.
Avoid the negative campaign and all that. If they're in the middle of a PR
push, though, it seems that we need to counter their FUD.
> recieved the form letter. They are declaring the week of 21-28 as
> "Software Audit Week" for your company to audit license accounting. A bi=
g
The expo is on the 23rd, so we can start helping companies before the audit
week.
> logo at the top of the letter asks "Are you playing roulette with your
> business?" ie. if you aren't using licensed software, you are gambling
> with the financial viablity of your business.
>
> We should make a poster with an original copy of the letter that says:
>
> "Did you get one of these letters?
>
> <Actual letter here>
>
> "How much time and money does it take to make sure your company is in
> compliance with licenses for the proprietary software you use?
>
> "If your company used Free Software, you would spend zero time and money
> on ensuring compliance!"
>
> (Or something like that.)
Sounds good to me.
ciao,
der.hans
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