Software developers, grant a publisher, reseller or distributor (a 'licensee') a Perpetual Software License with this generic template form. Provisions of the License include:

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


• In return for the perpetual license, the licensee pays the developer a fixed lump sum license 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 generic Perpetual Software License form is provided in MS Word format and is easy to download and use.