compliance

In software asset management, compliance is the measure of how far your enterprise meets the requirements of the software licenses you have purchased (also taking into account any software installations that are not appropriately licensed). A given license is 'compliant' when your use of the software meets all the conditions and requirements of the publisher's license agreement. Your overall license position is a measure of how many licenses are compliant, and how many are 'over-utilized', which is the opposite of compliant.