> unwinnable lawsuit To put it bluntly, this is just very naive. The financial and the resource costs of pursuing a licensing violation in court are prohibiti

> unwinnable lawsuit To put it bluntly, this is just very naive. The financial and the resource costs of pursuing a licensing violation in court are prohibitive. Especially when it's all based on he-said evidence from a pissed off employee. When BSA/Microsoft do this, it's a publicity stunt with long-term effects, and because of that they have a budget for that. For smaller companies (read - everyone else), the only practical option is to shame violators into compliance.