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Note 11 - Resalable Software License Rights
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Research, Development, and Computer Software Disclosure [Text Block]
11.
RESALABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE RIGHTS
 
On
December 31, 2015,
the Company purchased
third
-party software licenses in the amount of
$180,000
 in anticipation of a large pending deployment that has yet to materialize. The Company is amortizing the total cost over the greater of actual unit cost of licenses sold or the straight line method over
10
years with the greater of the
two
approaches being the actual unit cost per license sold. A total of
$2,521
and
$5,028
was charged to cost of sales during the
three
-month periods ended
March 31, 2021
and
March 31, 2020,
respectively. Since the license purchase, the actual per unit cost (actual usage) of such license rights in the cumulative amount of
$123,639
has been charged to cost of sales, with a carrying balance of
$56,361
and
$58,882
as of
March 31, 2021
and
December 31, 2020,
respectively.