Software Licenses Need to Be Simplified!
We know that software compliance is not the reason you
operate a business or government agency.
After being involved
in software auditing and license compliance for around 20 years we know that a huge
amount of money and effort is being wasted, over and over again, on trying
to become compliant with something that is almost impossible to achieve.
Why impossible?
Well, the software licenses that apply to business and government systems
are incredibly difficult to follow, have ridiculous clauses in some cases,
are many and varied, and their terms and conditions keep changing as each
update & patch and fix is applied.
In some of the software licenses, there are terms and conditions that can be
construed as misleading and could render the licenses void.
Are we concerned about retail (home user single use) licenses? Not all. If
the software vendors can't manage single installations effectively then that
is their loss.
Our focus and attention is solely on business and government accounts and
not the retail marketplace.
Software Licenses Need To Be Simpler!
We don't believe you will disagree with this statement. The only way to bring about change is for business and government level
CEOs to express a very strong opinion to generate the tidal
wave to force the changes needed!
One of the simple constructive ways that you can do this is to write to the
Business Software Alliance using the draft letter available from this web
page.
Why Software Licenses Need To Be Simpler
"You have far better things to do than track licenses to avoid being caught
with unauthorised copies of software."
CEO - Note
For The Day
"A
huge amount of money and effort is being wasted, over and over again, on
trying to become compliant with something that is
almost impossible to
achieve. "
It's Time
That the software industry made software
licenses simpler to manage and track!
How?
Send a Loud and Clear Message to the BSA using this FREE template!
Stand Up and Be Heard!
With a strong and united voice from business and government accounts your
voice can be heard by making the vendors sit up and take notice!
Tell them they need to alter the
software licenses in a manner that makes the task of software license
compliance easier, less expensive to manage and reduces the cost and risk to
business and government sites.
