With Windows 8, Microsoft has completely overhauled the license agreements it presents to customers. Historically, these end user license agreements, or EULAs, have been lengthy documents written in ...

I am often asked to draft or review software license agreements. Some are basic and some are more complex. What is surprising to me is the willingness in the market to turn to a legal expert named ...

Microsoft has a number of volume software license agreements available for its commercial customers. Each of these agreements has different benefits and different restrictions – understanding these ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Keeping track of software licenses and contracts that permit their use is not a new problem for IT managers. Software asset management (SAM) has ...

Maybe it was a slow news day. Tiger was in rehab. The Salahis were before U.S. congressional hearings, hiding behind the Fifth Amendment. Whatever. I was installing a tool chain and actually read the ...

Abstract The rise of commerce over the Internet and telephone has led to widespread use of “pay now, terms later,” or rolling, standard‐form contracts, in which buyers are not able to read the ...

The prospect of managing software licenses can seem overwhelming for any entity because of the intricate tasks of overseeing a myriad of software applications operating on various systems, and keeping ...

Software audits are on the rise—a fact well-documented by Gartner. Software giants have long recognized that audits are a way to generate additional revenue, and vendors like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM ...

Cisco is hitting a major milestone in its quest to become a software-centric company with the launch of a new enterprise-wide software licensing agreement. The San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant ...

The Navy is making it mandatory for all organizations and programs to use enterprise license software agreements when available. The mandate is required in a new memo signed by the Department of the ...

I read EULAs so you don't have to. I've spent years reading end user license agreements, EULAs, looking for little gotchas or just trying to figure out what the agreement allows and doesn't allow. I ...