Re: New License language - what meaning?

[Peter Picerno <ppicerno@fiu.edu>]

The change in language means nothing since the license, whether 
it is called 'agreement,' 'contract,' 'letter of understanding,' 
'purchase order,' or whatever is still a legally binding 
contract, thus 'licensee' and 'subscriber' are essentially the 
same term since they indicate the entity who is the recipient of 
the goods which the vendor is offering.

Peter V. Picerno
Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian
Asst. Head of Resource Development
Green Library
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
ppicerno@fiu.edu


Houeida K. Charara wrote:
> Dear All:
>
> One of our major providers/publishers for STM products sent me
> the 2008 renewal License Agreement and I noticed that they
> replaced the terms license, licensees, etc. with Subscription.
> Subscribers, etc. Do you have any idea about this change in the
> language used in the agreement?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Houeida Charara
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Lebanese American University Libraries
> P.O.Box 13-5053 - Chouran Beirut 1102 2801 Lebanon