I,agree,with Ken on the licensing. As a former contractor myself I'd bring it to the attention of the employee I report to in writing to cover my south end. The FDIC might have something to say about a contractor being in possession of a laptop off-site that may have sensitive info on it.
> On Jan 28, 2015, at 18:10, "Ken Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really the whole issue has nothing to do with freeware, but whether you might > be in breach of a license? (which can equally happen when using pair-for > software). Why don’t you read the license attached to the software if you are > that concerned. > > The time-sheeting thing is not a technical problem – this seems to be asking > you to do work on your own time, that you’re not getting paid for. > > Cheers > Ken > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of D R > Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting > > This is an open question to everyone on this list. Thanks in advance. > > Question: What would you do if a company 'requires' you to download freeware > to be used in a corporate setting? > > Issue: Currently on a contract and the employer is requiring the > technician(s) to download software from the net to wipe hard drives for a > computer swap out. Old computer needs the hard drive wiped. But, they want > the technician(s) to download freeware and use that in a corporate setting. > But, these computers are in a corporate/bank environment. They have allocated > only so much time per machine to perform a capture/backup of the user profile > and a restore to be done. Once the restore is complete, they do want the user > to verify if all of there software, (MS Office, etc.,) before the wipe is > done on the drive. > > I don't mind using freeware to work on mine, or a friend's computer, to get > something taken care of. But requiring the technician to download and use > freeware in a corporate setting is something entirely different. Don't most > of the EULA/GNU License agreements stipulate it is ok for the software to be > used, for individual use, but in business/corporate setting that a > multi-use/group license must be purchased? > > Also, if you were the technician, and a manager, who is in charge of this > contract, told you it was 'ok' to take home a laptop/desktop so you could > finish doing the wipe of the hard drive, after you have submitted your time, > wouldn't you find that suspect? I do. And on so many levels, too. > > Thoughts? > > -- > Daniel Rodriguez > [email protected]
