eu software resale

A Spanish reseller called La Tienda de las Licencias, operated by MYA WIFI S.L.U., is marketing low-cost Windows, Office, server, database, and security software licenses internationally on the legal theory that used software licenses may be resold under European Union law. The pitch, published...

European businesses can legally buy certain used Windows Server licenses when the original license was perpetual, the seller’s rights have been extinguished, and the buyer receives a verifiable chain of ownership showing how the license moved from first purchaser to current holder. That is the...