SOX is about Financial Controls Not IP and copyright law.

Posted Jan 20, 2006 22:14 UTC (Fri) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
In reply to: SOX is about Financial Controls Not IP and copyright law. by Ross
Parent article: A new FUD angle: securities laws

Even that's not safe. You could still be in trouble for misrepresenting the origin of the source code -- saying "we wrote it" when someone else did.

The bottom line is that companies need to trust their programmers to do what they are paid for. This is hardly unique to programming and it why dishonest people are such a nightmare to employ. It is also why companies have audit procedures. We are seeing the beginning of audit procedures for source code -- simply reflecting the maturation of business use of computer programming.

And just like in other audit fields, there are companies that are willing to mis-state or exagerate the risks to promote their products.