>But if they have the source code, they could just switch off the license key check, right? That's basically piracy. Unlike individuals who pirate stuff all th

>But if they have the source code, they could just switch off the license key check, right? That's basically piracy. Unlike individuals who pirate stuff all the time, for businesses there's a much greater risk for lawsuit which is usually not worth it, even for many smaller businesses. For a 1-2 person business that's not making any money, maybe they can get away with it. But they probably don't make a great customer anyway.