I’ve seen an advanced version of this once. A company I’m familiar with made sure it was relatively easy for users to copy existing licenses. So in an organisat

I’ve seen an advanced version of this once. A company I’m familiar with made sure it was relatively easy for users to copy existing licenses. So in an organisation where their software was popular but maybe a pain to get a purchase order for it would spread. They had activation ping backs and could see which companies were running lots of unlicensed copies. They would let it spread and wait till usage plateaued. Then legal would contact that org and suggest they buy the full thing with a nice juicy support contract to avoid litigation. This worked especially well with (I think) US government agencies who can in theory be fined for every time the software was activated.