Area businesses in these cities will receive information from the BSA about the Truce campaign and how to participate. Companies that take part in the campaign and take the necessary steps to become fully licensed during the Truce period will be excused from penalties for software violations occurring prior to February 1, 2001. In this case, BSA contacted ThoughtWorks through counsel, although in some cases BSA pursues a software raid. In response to BSA s request, ThoughtWorks voluntarily conducted a self-audit and confirmed it had more copies of software than it had licenses to support. In 1999, one out of every four companies settling with the BSA was a high-tech company.
Many reputable companies learn too late that they have software management problems.
All companies should implement procedures and policies to maintain software compliance and demonstrate to their employees the importance of respecting licensing requirements. ThoughtWorks has always been fully committed to software copyright compliance. Once the extent of the problem became known to us, we took proper and timely action to correct the issue. This loss has a significant impact on the U.S. economy. Street NW, Ste.