Software Licenses

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Funny as it sounds, you have never bought software because software isn't sold. It is licensed. A software license means you have permission to load that program onto one electronics device: computers, PDAs, whatever. Legally, you can't resell or reuse software on different computer hardware. With books, CDs or other intellectual property, it's different; one book can be used by a thousand people. Software licensing covers only the purchaser/user, unless the software licenses specifically state they are for several users.

Yes, this is the short version of a software license--that long, legalese gibberish with the little box that says, "I ACCEPT"; the one you have to click before installing your new software. Overstock.com may be the computer store to get great online shopping deals, but there's a limit--computer companies make the rules and everybody follows. Seriously, you paid for your discount computer software, why shouldn't everyone else?

Every software suite, package or application has a software license. Whether you're buying operating system software, children's computer games, resume software or video security software, software licenses are a fact of life and, sometimes, a big advantage.

If you have several home computers--a desktop computer for the kids, a personal computer and a laptop for yourself--you can make one software licensing deal for all of them and save money over buying the same software for each computer. Of course, you save even more when online shopping at the Overstock.com computer store. Life in cyber-space is good.