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During the June 30 webinar by Scott Rosenberg, he identified technology as one of the drivers for licensing changes and complexity. He highlighted multicore processors, virtualization, open source, mobile workforce and limited use/application specific software. I believe we are all seeing these technology changes. It seems to me that the discipline of making sure the license describes how the software can be used is our best defense. Clarifying where it can be used and by whom (and the number of people) applies no matter what. Our concern with being too explicit and limiting unnecessarily where it can be used must be set aside when facing new technology.

The best preparation in addition to what you do today would be to stop and think about how it can be used so that you uncover the new questions that haven’t ever been asked before.

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