Another excellent reason why laws for software need rewriting

[MJ Ray]

On 2003-09-09 19:38:34 +0100 Niall Douglas <s_fsfeurope2 at nedprod.com> 
wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/32730.html

This is an article headlined "Outsourcing: does it reward theft?" 
which describes a poor situation of licence compliance amongst 
outsourced service providers.  It questions why BigCorp doesn't 
require licence compliance from its providers, but will still act 
against anyone infringing its licences.

Quite a fun read, but the answer seems blindingly obvious: perceived 
cost.

The solution is also good, as Niall seems to say: change the rules of 
the game.

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