Migrating to the cloud may seem to be easy and exciting. But you should not forget that is not all fun and games and there may be some (not so) hidden hurdles to clear before starting.

One of these is for sure software licensing. This is a not so technical issue and for technical people like me is easy to forget about it. The problem is simple: traditional licensing may not be enough or may not fit the cloud. Numbers of CPUs, maximum number of users, validation through licensing servers are only a few examples and may easily become problems when moving to the cloud.

Anyway the good news is that thanks to the increasing interest on the cloud, more and more companies are releasing software having cloud-friendly licensing. But licensing in the cloud is something new for many people as it may be very different from the traditional one. So the question is what kind of licenses may we have on the cloud. Just to start thinking about this issue and to try giving an answer to the question, I found the post “Cloud Licensing Models That Exist Today” from AWS Blog interesting.

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