ITPEC IP October 2018 Question 50
A company purchased the enterprise license of software X that can be used for 100 PCs, and then installed it on those PCs. Which of the following is an action that complies with the license agreement?
Explanation
Moving 10 of the licensed PCs to another department — the software stays installed on the same 100 PCs, so the licence count is still respected.
An enterprise licence for 100 PCs allows software X on up to 100 PCs within the company. What counts is the number of PCs it is installed on; which department uses a PC does not matter. Moving 10 PCs changes only their location: there are still 100 installations, all inside the company.
Answer (a)
Why not others:
- •(b) — 110 installations against 100 licences; the 10 new PCs need 10 more licences, or the software must be removed from 10 others
- •(c) — the end of sales ends neither the licence terms nor the copyright; free installation exceeds the purchased count, so the keys must still be managed
- •(d) — this licence counts the PCs the software is installed on, not concurrent use; limiting concurrent use would let it be installed on more than 100 PCs, which the agreement does not permit
Key rule: Count licences by the unit the agreement names (installed PCs, concurrent users or named users), and keep managing them for as long as the software is in use.
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