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Bitmanagement Software GmbH v. U.S. raises important
issues for any company licensing software to the U.S. government,
particularly those that utilize third-party resellers.
Under this decision, even when the government acquires a license
with express limits on the scope of the government's rights
(e.g., limiting installation to a set number of computers), the
parties' conduct may give the government an implied license to
use the software beyond the scope of the express license (e.g.,
vast deployments across government networks). However, even