If you have a growing business and you want to make sure that you don't put yourself at risk of breaking the law and having to pay unexpected penalty fees for software that you have installed on too many machines, thereby inadvertently stealing it, you should make sure to take some time to research and learn software licensing practices so that you can preempt this unfortunate circumstance. If you are a busy business person and you do not have time to learn software licensing, you may be able to hire an IT pro that has had to learn software licensing in the past to come to your business and offer you a software audit. It may seem like a hassle to learn software licensing and check all your machines to make sure that you have all your software properly licensed, but, when compared to what you would have to go through if your system was audited by a law enforcement agency and found to have lots of unregistered illegal software, you may find that taking the time to learn software licensing does not seem like such a pain any more. You can find web sites to tutor you and help you learn software licensing on the world wide web, or, if you have a friend who has experience with this type of thing, you can ask him or her to come to your place of business and give you a crash course so that you can learn software licensing before your business is audited. It may take a little time or cost some money to learn about software licensing, but it will give you peace of mind to know that you are not at risk of being penalized for having illegal software that you did not even know you had installed on your machines in the first place.