Software Licensing

An Independent View of Microsoft Software License Agreements

Overview of commercial Microsoft licensing agreements, first in a series on Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreements.

Microsoft official defends complex software licensing efforts

Oracle’s silence on Google lawsuit, Java process raise eyebrows

How to get tough with your tech vendors

Microsoft Office licensing now a bit easier for Citrix users!

New Roaming Use Rights for Microsoft Office, Visio and Project applies to Remote Desktop Services situations.

Is Microsoft’s SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle?

Let's compare database costs based on per-CPU licensing

Profiting from open source — without selling out

Tips for Negotiations with Microsoft in June

June is the end of the Microsoft fiscal year, which makes it an ideal time to negotiate.

I could license you to use this software, but then I’d have to kill you

The weirdest open source software licenses

The Defensive Patent License makes patents less evil for open source

Two law professors are developing a software patent license in the image of the GPL