Joe an employee installs his own version of software on a company-issued laptop and uses the software for corporate work. A technician is alerted to the change and uninstalls the application. Which…

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• AA commercial license is in use
• BAn open source license is in use
• CAn enterprise license is m use
• DA personal license is in use

• A
  90% (38)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Commercial software licenses (A) typically contain terms restricting use to personal or home environments. When an employee installs personally purchased commercial software on a company-issued device and uses it for corporate work, this constitutes a violation of those license terms, since business use generally requires a separately purchased commercial or enterprise license. The technician uninstalled the software to bring the company into license compliance and avoid legal liability. A personal license (D) is essentially the same concept framed differently-personal licenses explicitly prohibit commercial use. The key point is that unauthorized or improperly licensed software on corporate assets exposes the organization to legal and compliance risk.

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