E92plus and BSA agree to settle out of court
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has warned it will make no allowances for channel firms caught running illegal software after
revealing it has reached an out-of-court settlement with specialist security distributor e92plus.
E92plus agreed to pay a sum of £4,500 after carrying out an internal audit at the alliance’s request.
The audit showed the firm was running unlicensed copies of Windows 2000 and Windows SQL Server 2000 on some of its PCs and servers.
Julie Strawson, chairwoman of the BSA’s member committee, said the organisation was compelled to issue a statement.
“It is shocking that a network security company is using unlicensed software. If software is unlicensed, it will not be fully supported,
so you run the risk of leaving holes in the security gateway,” she said.
Strawson went on to issue a stark warning to the channel. “It is important to play by the rules and the BSA will take action on any
company using software illegally.”
