Abstract: Included are embodiments for providing a software license. Some embodiments include providing a closed network marketplace that includes a plurality of pieces of licensed software, receiving an indication from a user computing device to acquire a desired licensed software from the closed network marketplace, sending the desired licensed software to the user computing device, and receiving data from an agent application, the agent application causing the user computing device to monitor use of the desired licensed software on the user computing device. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the data from the agent application, providing, by a computing device, a user option may be provided to remove the desired licensed software from the user computing device, thereby effectively returning the software license associated with the desired licensed software such that the software license may be used on another computing device.