Software licensing

The bnetd server was a free program, built by volunteers, that let players of Blizzard games play one another online without Blizzard's Battle.net service. Blizzard, under its corporate name Davidson…

On 12 September 2023, Unity implemented sweeping changes to the pricing model for its Unity Engine that would affect all developers using it, forcing them to either adopt Unity's per-download fee or…

Vizio was sued by the SFC in October 2021 over the alleged unfairly appropriated software in their SmartCast system. The SFC argues that Vizio’s alleged failure to adhere to copyleft-licensing…

On 22 November 2023, Broadcom Inc. completed the acquisition of VMware for $61 billion. Perpetual licenses for the software were ended and changed to a subscription-based model.

The Waves Update Plan (WUP) is an annual paid maintenance plan offered by Waves Audio for its perpetually-licensed audio plugins, bundles, and applications. Each new product purchase includes one…