Since the payout is a percentage of the fines, in order for you to receive that much money, the BSA would have to go up against a huge Fortune 100 company and find major violations. But taking on a company big enough to afford some serious lawyers would only get them a huge court battle, and the likely loss of a major customer.
This campaign may be the best thing the BSA has ever done to encourage the use of Free and Open Source Software (ala Firefox, OpenOffice.org and Linux). Not only does it help prevent viruses, spyware and other security problems, but it can also protect your company from jackbooted thugs like the BSA.
Even though I've been a proprietary software engineer for almost 30 yrs, every time I've ever seen a company come to rely on a proprietary software product from another company, it has eventually come back to bite them in one way or another.
This campaign may be the best thing the BSA has ever done to encourage the use of Free and Open Source Software (ala Firefox, OpenOffice.org and Linux). Not only does it help prevent viruses, spyware and other security problems, but it can also protect your company from jackbooted thugs like the BSA.
Even though I've been a proprietary software engineer for almost 30 yrs, every time I've ever seen a company come to rely on a proprietary software product from another company, it has eventually come back to bite them in one way or another.
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