A perpetual license would still activate the software you had received prior to having access prohibited. That is the issue in question. People have loaded soft

A perpetual license would still activate the software you had received prior to having access prohibited. That is the issue in question. People have loaded software on their machines and they cannot use it. You are bringing up another important aspect of reproduction and the importance of maintaining access to software installers, but that is a different conversation. This is how Steam works for example.