Adobe has stopped doing software licence audits in most parts of the world, according to Gartner research director Stephen White.

White recently blogged about Adobe's decision, writing that “These programs were closed in the North America, Japan and Latin America markets as of November 2015. Closure of the EMEA program is currently underway; the company states it will maintain audit/compliance programming only in select markets throughout APAC.

Adobe, however, refused to answer The Register's questions on the matter or to confirm the change.

Now White has told us that Gartner was first told about the end of audits by a third party and later confirmed the change with Adobe itself.