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Computerworld published the results of a Forrester survey where the respondents expressed how confusing and difficult software licensing is. The article states that companies are looking for clearer language especially in regards to pricing. The remark isn’t new, but how do we motivate publishers to do that? Don’t we try to negotiate deals ourselves that cause them to offer more complexity to the models? I’m not sure we should expect things to change unless we work for an organization that has sufficient clout to make it happen. If the SaaS model takes off, will the confusion get worse? To read the article, go to http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9061321&source=NLT_ES&nlid=42