ALSO CALLED: Digital Licensing, Software Licensing Agreements, Licensing Contracts, Electronic Licensing, and Licensing Agreements DEFINITION: Contracting by written permission to use an invention, creative work or trademark. Licensing allows one to profit (often in the form of royalties) in return for allowing another to use, produce and sell copies of the invention or work in the marketplace.
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The phrase "software license compliance" can often generate images of big software companies coming after their clients with painful audit processes in order to wring more money from them if they find unlicensed software in use.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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