NewsFactor: The Dual-Core Software Licensing Debate | Linux Today

NewsFactor: The Dual-Core Software Licensing Debate

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 1, 2004

“The growing interest in dual-core processors is forcing
users–and software vendors–to take a fresh look at
software-licensing policies.

“Many enterprise applications traditionally have been licensed
on a ‘per-processor’ basis–one license, one processor. Up until
now, that was a perfectly reasonable policy. The question now is,
for software-licensing purposes, is a dual-core chip considered one
processor or two…?”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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