____/ [H]omer on Friday 28 March 2008 00:49 : \____
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
>>> I saw it a while ago (can't remember well and the context). A
>>> manager openly said in an article that he needs someone to
>>> blame/sue in case something goes wrong. Apparently that is now a
>>> selection criterion for software.
>>
>> Oh, it's been a criterion for as long as I can recall.
>
> I've heard (urban myth?) that there are some companies that won't use
> free (beer) software because they think there needs to be a non-zero
> figure for procurement accounts of all inventory, since otherwise it's
> classed as corporate gifts or promotional material, and causes problems
> with tax and liability accounting. How much of that is real, and how
> much is just bullshit, I have no idea.
>
> Then there was the Russian who posted to the Fedora mailing list last
> year, about problems he was having with the local authorities, who
> insisted he provide them with receipts for his *Free Software* (i.e.
> Fedora; OpenOffice, etc.). IIRC someone on the list suggested he simply
> print out a copy of the GPL. I never saw a follow up of how that turned out.
>
> It's quite amusing to see how much difficulty simple concepts such as
> Freedom causes some people who are stuck in the dark ages. Then again,
> given the mentality of some decision makers (such as the ATO CIO exposed
> this week), it shouldn't surprise me how backward they can be.
Here it is for the record:
Legality of Fedora in production environment
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| Recently the appropriate laws in my country (Russia) have beens
| ignificantly toughened. Now the police can check for illegal software
| usage by their own initiative (without request from the owner). The
| tax inspection demands that software should be registered at
| accounts departments.
|
| During such a checking, the user is obliged now to show all hardcopy
| license documents (with original signatures and stamps).
`----
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-May/msg00697.html
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