Would you report a customer who was non-compliant on licensing?

Hannah Breeze
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New FAST campaign encourages SAM professionals to shop customers which fall short of licence requirements - but would you?

A new campaign from the Federation Against Software Theft launched earlier this week encourages SAM practitioners to report their own clients for the first time. FAST claims the move will stamp ...

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