[ale] Laughing myself sick!

[Adrin]

You know there is Lic. software on Linux machines.  So just having Linux doesn't solve
everything.  Just makes it harder for users to install software.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Kilpatrick [mailto:kilpatms at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 2:21 PM
> To: Christopher Bergeron; Ben Coleman
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [ale] Laughing myself sick!
>
>
> On Saturday 12 October 2002 04:18 pm, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> > Wouldn't they still have to have a search warrant issued by the US
> > Gov't in order to do an "audit"???
>
> NO!
> By "clicking through" the EULA you "agree" to the unwarranted,
> unannounced "audit."
>
> If they knock on your door, you can tell them to get lost, forcing
> them to initiate court action. If you're small enough, it isn't
> going to be worth the hassle and bad publicity.  I'm not sure
> where the probable break-even point is, but I would hazzard a guess
> that it is about 50 machines. At that point the odds are that someone
> has loaded unlicensed software on a client, if not on a network
> drive. Once the "agents" have found a single piece of software for
> which your company does _not_ have the appropriate license, you are
> responsible for the total cost of the search, and any fines. Ouch!
>
> It's enough to force IT managers to rip the floppy and CD drives from
> every client machine in the building.  And don't forget to disable the
> USB ports as well -- to keep illegal software from being installed
> from USB Mass Storage Devices.
>
> Linux keeps looking better and better.
>
> Sean
>
>
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