On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 03:53:25PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > >Actually, Microsoft does the Licensing via per machine nowaday. So in > >essence you are saying that employers should have ALL computers and > >tools (out in the shop) and trucks and other such things 100% locked up > >all the time. > > > >Wow, you do have a real clear grasp on Life. > > I have a clear grasp of what is licensed and what is not. If a > company pays for a license to use software for its own use, > and someone uses it for other use, then he has no gripe if he > can't take/use the files he creates as far as I can see.
Well, he did it, regrets it, and says he'll never do it again. Because the tree of proprietary software turns out to bear bitter fruit. > > To put it another way, the acts he committed (if they are as > he described) could get him prosecuted if he worked for, say, > a school system. It's called "misappropriation", and it's a > crime. In this case, since it's just a corporation (AFAIK) > then it is just a tort. Only if personal use of commpany equipment is forbidden by the company. There are employers who tolerate this kind of thing, even encourage it to a limited extent. I've spoke to managers who tell me they'd rather have employees take a few pencils from the supply cabinet to take home thatn have them tense and worried about whether they'll get th the store on time to buy their own. They are more productive when they are happy. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
