The phrase "alternative licenses" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to different types of licenses that serve as substitutes for standard or traditional licenses.
Example: "The software is available under alternative licenses, allowing users to choose the one that best fits their needs."
Alternatives: "substitute licenses" or "different licenses".
iText is distributed under the Mozilla Public License with the LGPL as an alternative license, but it is also available through a commercial license, distributed by iText Software.
In the twelfth paper "Examining the viability of broadband wireless access under alternative licensing models in the TV broadcast bands," T. Brown and D. C. Sicker focus on viability of broadband wireless access (BWA) transmission in the licensed TV bands on a secondary access basis.
While giving birth to alternative licensing schemes like Creative Commons, it also propelled anger amongst those who believed in the acquisition of "free content" and the sharing culture.
A second facet of our analysis pertains to the alternative license allocation scenario identified using the spatial model.
In cases where it isn't possible to do human studies (cost not currently being an acceptable reason), an alternative licensing strategy must be pursued.
To ensure that the potential benefits of IS solutions are not limited or skewed by proprietary ownership, IS innovations have also triggered development of alternative licensing and knowledge-sharing orientations.
In the UK, the General Medical Council recommends that unlicensed medications should only be prescribed if 'an alternative, licensed medicine would not meet the patient's needs' and there is 'a sufficient evidence base and/or experience of using the medication to demonstrate its safety and efficacy'.
To mitigate obstacles to access restrictions that can be provoked by proprietary ownership of intellectual property (not unlike the debates regarding generic drugs as an option to reliance on patent protection of pharmaceuticals), IS innovations have also triggered development of alternative licensing and knowledge-sharing orientations.
Napster, which opened in 1999, unleashed the menace of piracy that still ravages the business, and the alternatives licensed by the major labels had limited catalogs and set awkward restrictions on users.
With Android's popularity and free-except-for-patent-licensing price tag and Windows Phone 7 floating around as an alternative, webOS licenses would be a rather hard sell.
