In the rapidly evolving world of software licensing and distribution, many vendors (and therefore customers) are considering a shift from traditional customer-hosted software solutions to Software as ...

First off, a happy 2005 to everyone, and I wish you all a prosperous new year and express my condolences to those affected by the recent tsunami. This week’s article concerns the resurgence of the ...

Software publishers and users are at odds about software licensing, according a study released Monday. While software publishers aggressively move to subscription-based pricing, enterprises prefer ...

With a topic as complex as software licensing, it’s tempting to shift to autopilot and rubber-stamp contract renewals. But a few factors make re-examining software purchases a strategic concern for ...

Corporate IT executives often complain that software contracts are too complex and don’t offer enough flexibility to meet their needs. But when software vendors have tried to introduce new licensing ...

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Software licensing practices must change to accommodate economic and technology trends, stressed officials at the SoftSummit conference here on Thursday. Officials from Macromedia, ...

Per-seat software licenses may soon be obsolete. Most software will soon be purchased by agents. Prepare for consumption-based pricing models. Goodbye, per-seat software licensing? Goodbye, software ...

In contrast to the GPL, the BSD’s goal is to pass on control to those who adopt it, thus making the terms of the BSD license more pragmatic, generous, flexible and an overall better choice for today’s ...

CFO Sarah Friar outlines OpenAI's evolving strategy, highlighting expanded partnerships, subscription tiers, and ...

This post is the second in our three-part series, Gearing Up for HTLH USA 2025, where our team of attorneys will share insights on intellectual property, equity, and exit strategies and how these ...

Not too long ago, the way we bought software was, shall we say, Netflixed. Instead of receiving disks from a provider to load and keep on a shelf, it was transmitted and updated over the wire, part of ...

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) NFV group is thinking about something that perhaps not too many others involved in network functions virtualization (NFV) are thinking about: ...