What is Software Licensing?

A software license is a format contract that is signed by a software author and a user to specify and restrict the software user's right to use the software (or its source code) and the obligations that the author should fulfill.

Software License

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A software license is a format contract signed by a software author and a user to regulate and restrict the use of software (or its

Software license in English

Common software licenses include:

According to the license use time, software licenses can be roughly divided into lifetime licenses and annual licenses.

A lifetime license, as its name implies, is that once an agreement is reached with a software developer, the software can be used for an unlimited period of time after signing a contract. Such licenses are more common in the field of individual users.

An annual license refers to an agreement between a customer and a software developer to use the software on an annual basis. Such software licenses are more common in the commercial software space.

Compared to a lifetime license, an annual license is less like buying software, but more like leasing software, but more flexible.