What we've heard so far in almost all testimony from various parts of the educational sector is that they haven't asked to be exempt from paying. They have been paying for licences for decades. They have no problem with continuing to pay. Nothing forces these organizations to purchase licences from us if they don't use our products. Our prices have to be accepted by the market. It's something they have indicated they are more than willing to continue to pay for.
On February 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.