[Fsfe-uk] Re: FAST bullying tactics in schools

[Rich Walker]

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> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 11:55:15AM +0000, Ian Lynch wrote:
>> I have just had a rather disturbing phone call from a client school.
>> Apparently some FAST (Federation against Software Theft) bully has just
>> been scaring them to death about software licensing, mentioning prison
>> sentences and such like and then offering to audit their systems if they
>> pay £5000. 
>
> Coo, I would tell the school to speak to their legal beagles at the LEA
> (or whoever deals with this) and see if they can do nasty things back at
> FAST and at the same time the school involved should of course remind 
> all the other schools about software licensing and inform them of the 
> alternatives.

Hell, I'd suggest:
1) Trading Standards - they're always up for a fight :->
2) Local police - demanding money with menaces, that sounds like.
3) Local paper - "Business threatens local school"

:->

cheers, Rich.

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