Software audits and the tricks suppliers use to exploit customers with aggressive post-hoc compliance.
Let's pick a random example of, oh, let's say, software audits . On their face, they fall into a well-established tradition between companies of checking the books for financial irregularities. Regulators can set rules demanding financial audits to keep things honest, and are happiest if they find nothing wrong. Software audits agreed by contract should be the same, just a way for suppliers to keep customers honest about licensing. They're not like financial audits, of course.
The supplier gets to set the licensing conditions and won't do business unless the contract is to their taste. There's no oversight, the market is supposed to keep the suppliers honest. If you don't like the slime, don't sign on the line. That may not work. If you're a supplier with ecosystem residency, you'll soon discover some tasty tricks. For example, you might make your licensing schemes opaque, or easier to break than keep. Then have an aggressive audit policy with aggressive post-hoc compliance if your customer errs. That can be a lucrative vein to mine, and nobody's going to stop yo
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