copyright contract-law
Best way to explain sublicensable (through multiple tiers)?
<p>I'd like to find a succinct definition of what it means in a software license agreement, to make the license "sublicensable (through multiple tiers)".  Ideally this would be a definition that could be included in such an agreement to make it clear to a layperson what this phrase means.</p>

<p>How would you define "sublicensable (through multiple tiers)"?</p>

<p>How about this:</p>

<p>A license that provides that the owner of the copyright in a software gives other people (the <strong>Licensees</strong>) the authorization:</p>

<ol>
<li>to make copies of the software;</li>
<li>to authorize other people (the <strong><em>Sub-Licensees</em></strong>) to make copies of the software; <strong>and</strong></li>
<li>to authorize the Sub-Licensees to, in turn, grant to other people the right to do 1, 2 and 3.*</li>
</ol>

<p>I guess we could call this a recursively sub-licensable right! :)</p>
