License agreement for softwareSoftware License Agreement • July 2nd, 2021
Contract Type FiledJuly 2nd, 2021Overview A Software License Agreement is a contract by which a copyright owner (licensor) licenses the use of a particular piece of software to another (licensee). It can be useful to think of a Software License Agreement in a spectrum from an End User License Agreement (EULA) to a Software Development Agreement. EULAs apply to common, commercial software, such as an operating system for a personal computer, a video game, or other personal computer application. On the opposite end of the spectrum is a Software Development Agreement, under which a customer contracts a developer to develop a unique piece of software, tailored to the precise needs of the customer’s business. Between the EULA and Software Development Agreement is the Software License Agreement, which is a license for software that is more complicated than that available at a commercial retailer, but not a unique piece of software developed specifically for the licensee. For example, enterprise software, point-of-sale syste