This is a contract which facilitates the resale of a business’s software, by another business.
This is a contract for use by companies which licence software, and enables software belonging to a party to be resold by another party, either as a standalone piece of software or bundled with other software.
The contract is drafted in favour of the reseller (so the company reselling the software). Therefore, whilst the document is drafted in a balanced manner, it does favour the reseller.
This is a contract which facilitates the resale of software by a reseller. In return for the resale rights granted to it, the reseller will pay a percentage of the revenue generated from the resale of the software, to the software provider. The reseller will enter into a contract directly with a customer for the supply of the software. The reseller may also provide support services to the customer, but with an escalation right to the software provider in the event it cannot resolve the support issue. The software is permitted to be resold subject to the customer complying with the software provider’s end user licence agreement. It includes protections in respect of intellectual property rights, confidentiality and data protection as well as limits on each party’s liability and details as to what happens on termination of the contract.
This Software Licence Agreement facilitates the licensing of software by a company to another company on a perpetual basis. This means the customer can use the software you licence to them forever but you retain the ownership of the intellectual property rights in the software.
This document would be used by a company providing software to its customers without any associated or related services (such as professional services or support services).
The document is drafted from the perspective of the supplier. It is drafted in a fair and balanced manner to minimise negotiation but it does favour the supplier. It includes provisions to protect intellectual property rights, as well as terms relating to data protection, confidentiality and limitation of liability.
A company would use this document when it only wishes to licence software to a customer without any other services.
