The authorization to use software. Most software is licensed rather than sold, which means purchasers are never the actual owners of the software, although they may be able to use it without any time limit. Software licensing is a curious phenomenon of the software industry that has been the norm for decades and never challenged by the user community. See concurrent use license, per seat license and EULA.
 | Reproduced with permission from Computer Desktop Encyclopedia. Copyright (c) 1981-2009 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. |
Additional Resources
- FinkCommander 0.5.5 (Mac)
- FinkCommander is a graphical user interface for the Fink software packaging system for Mac OS X. It provides an intuitive front-end to the Fink command-line tools for downloading and installing Unix software. FinkCommander is free software provided under the GNU General Public License in the hope that it will...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- 123 Flash Chat Server 7.4 (Windows)
- 123 Flash Chat Server Software can add a chat room to your website in minutes and turn visitors to loyal members. 123 Flash Chat Server Software allows you to organize chat events for social network or dating sites with a admin panel. It has text chat and video chat options....
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- Lot Wizard 2.7.117 (Windows)
- The Lot Wizard auto dealer software is a user friendly inventory, F&I, and document processing software package. This car sales system is designed for new and used car dealers of all sizes who wish to manage, market and analyze their auto inventory both online and in the showroom. Most other...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- LicenseKeeper 1.5.2 (Mac)
- LicenseKeeper stores and organizes important software license information, helping to prevent the loss of valuable software assets and making it accessible when needed most. Automatic serial number scanning and software information detection greatly reduces cumbersome data entry. Attachments keep related email and documents safely archived along with license and registration...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Product Key Explorer 2.2.9 (Windows)
- Product Key Explorer displays product key for Windows, MS Office, SQL Server and over 800 other software products installed on your local or remote network computers. In order to install or reinstall Microsoft Office, Windows, or other commercial software, you must have access to a product serial key CD Key...
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!
- Unbelievable"Last week I complained about Microsoft?s shoddy documentation of how its upgrade procedures are supposed to work. I?m delighted to report that I got a tremendous and immediate response from within Microsoft, offering assistance in my testing and also promising to clean up and expand their documentation."So what exactly did...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, Palm
- To Stay in Business,eventually they will turn to Android.The SAME WAY did HTC and MOTOROLA.and IT will not Take Long!RE: Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, PalmRIM forever!droid is cool, but read the comments on the original article.this guy is probably waaaay off.IT Analysts are kind of...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Figuring the value of software
- Shallow, trivial analysisThis is a shallow, trivial analysis. You claim that ERP is 143 times the cost per user than SuccessFactors. You offer no proof of this claim, using the list price of a perpetual license for ERP compared to your calculation for the average revenue per customer's employee for...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- rTools Reporting Software for Sage Accpac ERP 4.1 (Windows)
- rTools is a Microsoft Excel based reporting software for Sage ACCPAC ERP like none other. rTools reports on Accpac Modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Inventory Control, Purchase Order, Order Entry and Project & Job Costing. All reports are completely auto-generated using powerful, automatic layout and formatting. As you...
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- Iron Speed Designer Free Edition 6.2.1 (Windows)
- Iron Speed Designer generates database and reporting applications for .NET in minutes, straight from your database. Quickly create visually stunning, feature-rich Web 2.0 applications that are easy-to-customize and ready-to-deploy. Simply point to an existing database and let the Iron Speed Designer wizards build a sophisticated, database-driven application thats ready to...
- Software downloads 2009-11-01
- Making a foundation a real solution to the mySQL mess
- Sounds good. Too good?This sounds like a great solution to a problem that is probably costing Oracle, destroying what little credibility Sun has as a brand, while ensuring that every website on the planet virtually retains access to a free, secure and efficient database. If we don't do something, the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure
- Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- 123 Flash Chat Software 7.5 (Mac)
- 123 Flash Chat Server Software can add a chat room to your website in minutes. It organizes chat events or online meetings for social network or portals, etc. Technology utilized: Java chat server and Flash chat client. It is secure, easy and affordable. It has text and video chat included,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- VirtualBox 3.0.10 (Mac)
- innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...
- Software downloads 2009-10-28
- Black Duck finds its business makes sense
- managing dual-use encryptionThe important lesson from the Jonathan Erickson (Dr. Dobbs) piece is that a simple application filing averted the panic that ensued when he received a "charging letter" from U.S. export enforcement officials. 88% of all export applications qualify for exceptions given to ?mass market? or ?unrestricted? retail...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!
- Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Perfect Download Icons 2009.1 (Windows)
- Perfect Download Icons offers web site designers and software developers a collection of affordable and high quality icons that can be used without a restricted license on a multiple of different projects. These collections of download icons were created by talented and experienced graphic designers but are being made available...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- MightyQuery 1.0.1 (Windows)
- MightyQuery is a single user SQL database management software working with data stored as comma separated values (.csv, .txt) in plain, flat, textual files. It is serverless, self-contained, simple and effective SQL DBMS for querying CSV files. In contrast to most database systems, MightyQuery does not require neither server installation,...
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.
- fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
Neighboring Terms
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
SmartPlanet
- Thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large. Visit SmartPlanet
- More from IBM
-
- Can your business work smarter? Learn more about Lotus Symphony
- Learn how to work smarter and optimize cost using the IBM Smart SOA approach Download the eBook
- Smarter ways to make smarter products Read the brief from IBM
