Discount-Licensing
Founded | July 2004 |
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Founder | Noel Unwin and Jonathan Horley |
Website | discount-licensing |
Discount-Licensing (formerly known as Disclic) is a
History
Discount-Licensing was founded as Disclic Ltd in July 2004 by Noel Unwin and Jonathan Horley.[2] In 2006 Disclic Ltd changed its name to Discount-Licensing.com Ltd.[3]
When Discount-Licensing launched, it was predicted that it, and other companies like it, would have a significant
Business model
Discount-Licensing trades in Microsoft Open, Select, Enterprise volume as well as SAP licences. It typically obtains these from the liquidators of companies which have ceased trading or which are downsizing their IT requirements. These are then sold on to customers at a discount to the cost of new licences.[1] This allows customers to purchase licences for non-current as well as current Microsoft versions, which they may have standardised on.[11]
Only Microsoft products with licences that permit transfer (either explicitly or by means of legal loopholes in the licence) are offered. These include
The actual licence transfer can sometimes be facilitated directly between the original owner and the new owner, without Discount-Licensing taking ownership of the licences.
Only whole licences may be transferred so the customer has to choose from the agreements available and may not be able to obtain exactly the combination of licences desired.[14]
The company operates internationally and, following advice from Microsoft that it was permissible, has transferred licences between countries.[15]
The legalities of the secondary-volume and digital-software markets were reaffirmed in a 3 July 2012 European Court of Justice ruling which involved the Exhaustion Principle and the Software Directive 2009.[16]
Relationship with Microsoft
Microsoft has made it clear that it regards the resale of licences as exploiting an unintended
See also
- Software license agreement
References
- ^ a b c "Second-Hand Software Licences for Sale (And They're Legal)". Out-Law.com. Pinsent Masons. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Disclic spots niche in market
- ^ a b discount-licensing.com: Profile Archived 10 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Ovum: The emerging trade in second-hand Microsoft licences Archived 10 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ZDNet.de: Software aus zweiter Hand: gebraucht kaufen ohne Ärger (German)
- ^ IT-Business: Microsoft empfiehlt Anbieter gebrauchter Software (German)
- ^ Die Kosten des SAP-Einsatzes nachhaltig senken (German)
- ^ Derby Telegraph: Insolvency leads to new business
- Network World. Archived from the originalon 11 November 2009.
- ^ The Register: Trade in your software, urges UK reseller
- ^ ZDNet.
- ^ Network World: British licence reseller vows to carry on Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Users Turn to Second-Hand Microsoft Licences". Out-Law.com. Pinsent Masons. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Montalbano, Elizabeth (22 November 2006). "UK Firm Crosses Pond to Sell Preowned Microsoft Licenses". InfoWorld.com. IDG News Service. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Bridgwater, Adrian (4 July 2012). "EU Rules Against Oracle on Second-Hand Software Licensing". ITAssetManagement.net. Enterprise Opinions Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- CNet.