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> From: "Walker, Charlie" <CHWALKER@seattleschools.org>
> To: Middleschool Principals <MiddleschoolPrincipals@seattleschools.org>,
> MS Librarians <MSLibrarians@seattleschools.org>, Librarians
> <Librarians@seattleschools.org>, HS Librarians
> <HSLibrarians@seattleschools.org>, Highschool Principals
> <HighschoolPrincipals@seattleschools.org>, Elementary Principals
> <Elementary_Principals@seattleschools.org>, EL Librarians
> <EL_Librarians@seattleschools.org>, Education Directors
> <Education_Directors@seattleschools.org>, Network Analysts
> <NetworkAnalyst@seattleschools.org>, "Pamonag Jr., Alfredo"
> <APAMONAG@seattleschools.org>, "Ethridge, Patsy"
> <pethridge@seattleschools.org>, "Davis, Kathie"
> <KDAVIS@seattleschools.org>
> Cc: "Rowlands, John" <JRowlands@seattleschools.org>, "Foltos, Les"
> <lfoltos@seattleschools.org>, "MargrathHuge, Judy"
> <jmargrathhuge@seattleschools.org>, "Nelson, Bryce"
> <bnelson@seattleschools.org>, "Payne, Chris" <CPAYNE@seattleschools.org>
> Subject: Software Licensing
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:13:54 -0700
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>
> Urgent Memo
>
> If your school cannot prove that it has licenses for all the software
> installed on your computers you must either remove the software or purchase
> the proper amount of licenses needed to be legal.
>
> The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is a watchdog group that investigates
> companies that are suspected of using illegal software. As a result of
> their investigations they have collected more than $58 million dollars from
> companies in the U.S. that have been caught with illegally copied software.
>
> The BSA will soon be conducting software audits in the Seattle area. They
> have announced by radio that they are offing a Software Truce between May 1
> and May 31 for companies in the Seattle areas that may not be in compliance
> with software licensing laws. If an organization becomes fully licensed
> during the Truce, BSA will not seek to impose penalties for unauthorized
> coping that occurred before May 31.
>
> If Seattle School District is audited by BSA and is found to be in violation
> of the copyright laws the district could be subject to stiff penalties for
> software violations including fines up to $150,000 per copyright work
> infringed.
>
> Principals or program managers are responsible to ensure that all staff is
> aware of software copyright and licensing requirements they use and be able
> to demonstrate licensing documentation if requested.
>
> If you have any questions or need assistance, contact your I.S. Software
> License Analyst Michael Gross at 252-0362 or by email at
> mkgross@seattleschools.org
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlie Walker
> Seattle Schools
> Support Manager
> 206-252-0303
-- Mark Ahlness mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us Arbor Heights Elementary School- End TIC-TECH message. To join, leave, or visit the message archive, go to Tic-Tech on the Web: http://fp.seattleschools.org/fpclass/tic-tech/
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