Licensing as a service (laas)

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, are configurable to cause the one or more processors to:

• download a software package from the app exchange in response to a download request;
• receive, from a licensing entity, one or more licenses to the client electronic device, wherein the one or more licenses are maintained by the licensing entity for tenants of disparate heterogeneous cloud environments and provide the client electronic device authorization to utilize the software package;
• assign, the licenses received from the licensing entity, to one or more users within the client electronic device so that those users are granted access to the corresponding package;
• utilize, with the client electronic device, the software package with the one or more licenses as authorization.