bare licensee

A legal person who has a right to use intellectual property, or to enter onto land. Such licences are revocable at will and may or may not be a contractual licence. A bare licensee's rights may be contrasted to a contractual licence whereby the licensee is entitled to the licence for a fixed period or otherwise subject to terms dictated by the licensor in a licence granted by contract.

Usage: The user had been granted a bare licence to use the computer system.

Related Words: licence; sublicenses; exclusive licence; non-exclusive licence; sole licence; perpetual licence; irrevocable licence; licensor; licensee.

Useful Material:

1. Briefing Note - The Nature of Exclusive Licences
2. Avoiding Software Piracy - BSA Announces Software Asset & Licence Management Tools
3. Software Licensing, Contract Law & Software Piracy Software Licensing - Procurement of Software Assets