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Advogato: Learning from BSA (Asia)

[ Thanks to Simon for
this link. ]

“At another part of the world, BSA (Asia) and GOH Seow Hiong
have been quite active against open-source software since his
appointment of the latter as Director of Software Policy in Asia
(BSA).

“BSA is the company that normally uses questionable methods to
identify and collect license fees for pirated software belonging to
the set of companies it is funded by. It is quite confusing to
understand their role by visiting their Website, as you will read
things like ‘Promoting a safe and legal digital world,’ ‘BSA
educates consumers on software management and copyright protection,
cyber security, trade, e-commerce and other Internet-related
issues…'”

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