Canadian software developers, grant a publisher, reseller or distributor (a 'licensee') a Perpetual Software Licence with this ready-made form. Provisions of the Licence include:

• The developer grants the licensee a permanent, irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to distribute, resell, sublicense or otherwise make use of the software.


• In return for the perpetual licence, the licensee pays the developer a fixed lump sum licence fee.


• The developer retains title to the original software, but title to any derivative works created by the licensee belongs to the licensee.


• The licensee also has the right to decompile, disassemble and reverse engineer the software.

This Canada Perpetual Software Licence form is provided in MS Word format and is easy to download and use.