"When SMBs need to build an IT infrastructure," Lynn explains, "they can't go out there and start licensing great enterprise software".
The publishing process focuses on ensuring the quality of the container images and Docker notes that all the content is verified by the company and includes licensing information to support enterprise compliance.
When it does open up to the general public, Krispil says it'll have a volume-based, licensing fee structure, with enterprise options available for OEMs and other big clients.
He confirms that NewsGator's main sources of revenues come from licensing its software to enterprises and monthly service fees from media and consumer-products companies.
Instead, it's being licensed at an enterprise level, with a customizable backend that Eyealike will tailor for each customer's needs.
The government considered using a similar procurement solution to that in Denmark, where the spectrum was licensed to private enterprise, and the agencies purchase services from private telecommunications companies, based on conventional GSM technology.
One very real possibility: incorporating Wave into Google Apps for businesses, the suite of Web-based software tools that Google licenses to enterprises for $50 per user per year.
Operating under the same agency, the PRIs are assumed to have the same propensity to out-license their technologies to enterprises.
For now, SocialRadar plans to license its data to enterprises, mobile advertising firms and similarly large development shops first.
