Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In their work discussing the history of software licensing, intellectual property scholars Michael L. Rustad and Maria Vittoria Onufrio ...

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency announced this week that it discovered large batches of unused software licenses as it continues to hunt for examples of waste in Washington. On Monday, ...

Careful navigation of software licensing agreements can save you a bundle. This guide to popular licensing mistakes and remedies explains how You say software licenses give you migraines? Talk to ...

“While the evolving capabilities of AI bring increased functionality and features, they also raise important legal considerations for parties negotiating software license agreements.” As software ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In the city of Dallas, Interim CIO Brian Gardner needs to manage ...

Per-seat software licenses may soon be obsolete. Most software will soon be purchased by agents. Prepare for consumption-based pricing models. Goodbye, per-seat software licensing? Goodbye, software ...

Software licensing in 2026 looks dramatically different from what it did even five years ago. What was once considered a back-office procurement task has now become a strategic lever for digital ...

Perpetual licenses once made sense, but today they slow innovation and raise risk. EOA and subscriptions are the engineering reality enterprises must face. It’s time for us to recognize that the ...