What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter

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What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter

« on: February 05, 2011, 11:00:10 AM »

http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Projects-Management/What-to-Do-When-You-Receive-a-BSA-Audit-Letter/

The very best thing to do is write back and say "you are mistaken, we only use open source software and there is no need for any audit". But if you can't honestly say that, this looks like the best advice. - Simon Phipps

Ditto


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Re: What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter

« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 02:32:01 PM »

Egads.

What gives the BSA the power to compel subpoenas necessary to actually crawl through your information? I mean, let's say you're a hosting organization Roll Eyes

How could they compel you to crawl into your client's private sandboxes?

Seems kind of like JasonD's old game of sending a "You are in copyright violation with your domain, you need to give it to us immediately" scam. He was WAY too successful with that one.


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Re: What to Do When You Receive a BSA Audit Letter

« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2011, 04:09:27 PM »

Use something this service: www dot fastslm dot com and reply to them that you are sure of being 100% compliant. Grin

Monitor all the company computers 24/7 and get alerts about unlicensed or illegal software.


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