Yahoo is running a story about Microsoft's objections to the sale of Kmart's Internet unit, Bluelight.com. The $8.4 million sale of Bluelight to United Online, Inc. would include the sale of software licensed from Microsoft. "The licenses that debtors (Kmart) have of Microsoft's products are licenses of copyrighted materials and, therefore, may not be assumed or assigned with [sic] Microsoft's consent," said Microsoft.
An unfortunate result of software licensing: when you sell your business, you may not have anything to sell.