[Kictanet] Possible Software Raid!!

[Bill Kagai]

Reference is made to the notices placed in the local dailies on
June1st 2006 by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) through Iseme,
Kamau and Maema Advocates.

The Business Software Alliance has taken the liberty to take an
inventory (in all Kenyan Companies/Organisations) of all the software
currently installed in the organisations. They further put a caveat
indicating that failure to comply with the notice can lead to an
investigation and possible legal action against companies using
unlicensed or pirated software.

Our company (Circuits & Packets Comunications Ltd) and possibly other
local companies ARE NOT members of BSA though we have installed
software in various companies and organisations in Kenya. We also make
use of Open Source / Linux software that does not require licensing
and neither is it pirated.

We therefore wish to find out from the ICT fraternity whether:

1. This advertisement and the threat of failure to comply is legal.
2. If software belonging to the companies that are not members of BSA
should be included in the inventory.
3. If BSA whose office contact is given as Iseme, Kamau and Maema
Advocates has the legal and moral authority to raid companies with a
lead time of two weeks before the notice expires.
4. If Kictanet and other organisations protecting consumer issues can
directly intervene in this regard before it is too late.

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With Kind Regards,
Bildad Kagai
MD - Circuits & Packets Communications Ltd
Content & Training Partner - JKUAT E-Government Academy
Suite B2, Tetu Apartments, State House Avenue
P. O. Box 20311 - 00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. 254 20 2728332
Fax. 254 20 2726965
Cell. 254 722 379409
URL. www.circuitspackets.co.ke
URL. egov.jkuat.ac.ke