Systems and Methods for Providing a Software License

A system for providing a software license comprising:

• a memory component that stores logic, that when executed by the system, causes the system to perform at least the following:
• provide a marketplace for members of a corporate entity to acquire a desired licensed software, the marketplace providing a plurality of pieces of licensed software;
• receive an indication from a user computing device to acquire the desired licensed software from the marketplace, wherein the user computing device stores an agent application for monitoring use of the user computing device;
• send the desired licensed software to the user computing device;
• receive data from the agent application, the data indicating that the desired licensed software has not been used on the user computing device for predetermined amount of time;
• and
• receive an indication from the user computing device to remove the desired licensed software from the user computing, effectively returning the software license associated with the desired licensed software, the indication being received in response to a selection of a user option.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a computer program for providing a software license that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform at least the following:

• provide a marketplace for members of a corporate entity to acquire a desired licensed software;
• receive an indication from a user computing device of the corporate entity to acquire the desired licensed software from the marketplace, wherein the user computing device stores an agent application for monitoring use of the user computing device;
• send the desired licensed software to the user computing device;
• receive data from the agent application, the data indicating that the desired licensed software has not been used on the user computing device for predetermined amount of time;
• and
• receive an indication from the user computing device to disable use of the desired licensed software by the user computing device, thereby effectively returning the software license associated with the desired licensed software for use with another computing device, the indication being received in response to a selection of a user option.