The fiercely competitive computer gaming industry rewards those who get the best work to disc the fastest and then reach the market first.
Developers lean on any tools that can shave weeks off development cycles.
Independent software developers looking for a way to accelerate and bring a CD-ROM project to market more rapidly can learn a great deal from these same techniques. There are two main factors in that realm, in terms of the complexity, where licensing can be an advantage. There are a lot of risks associated with it. Licensing key technologies can help you avoid the risks. The biggest risk is that it's not going to work.