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welcome to licensing by companies in the Business Software Aliance: notorious for using disgruntled former employees for starting audits. (they did to my frie
by acomjean 7y ago
welcome to licensing by companies in the Business Software Aliance:
notorious for using disgruntled former employees for starting audits. (they did to my friends company a decade ago and found nothing..)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSA_(The_Software_Alliance)
lots of major companies: (apple/adobe....)
https://www.bsa.org/membership https://www.bsa.org/membership
- delfinom 7y agoThe trick? They tell to fuck off and file a lawsuit if they want to audit. They back off. Unless the former employee has actual proof other than a statement they won't bother.
- pjmlp 7y agoThat trick does not work in countries where they come along with the police department responsible for checking if business activities are in accordance with the law. Here is the Portuguese variant of such police department. https://www.asae.gov.pt/cooperacao-nacional-e-internacional/cooperacao-internacional-/relacoes-bilaterais/cooperacao-institucional--paises-e-territorios-de-lingua-oficial-portuguesa/igae-inspecao-geral-das-atividades-economicas.aspx https://www.asae.gov.pt/cooperacao-nacional-e-internacional/...