Under-licensed US Army agrees $50m settlement

Sam Trendall
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Vendor Apptricity agrees payout over alleged unlicensed use of 9,000-plus software packages

The US Army has settled a copyright infringement case for $50m after discovering it was under-licensed on some key logistics software. The settlement has been made with Texas-based enterprise so...

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