> Should a company be forced to pay a license for external IP in perpetuity because they once sold licenses the way Adobe did? This shouldn't require a perpetu

> Should a company be forced to pay a license for external IP in perpetuity because they once sold licenses the way Adobe did? This shouldn't require a perpetual license. Adobe should have been able to license the software for as long as they were selling Lightroom 6, with the license expiring when they ceased sales. This, of course, assumes a sane license. Something is profoundly wrong with your licensing terms if they require the addition of a timed killswitch hidden in software installed on customers' devices.