1. A database system for managing licensed commodities, comprising: a first subsystem for storing information related to a plurality of different software applications in a database of a software management system comprising a data store, the information comprising a platform for each of the software applications and a use of each of the software applications; a second subsystem for associating a licensing term with each of the software applications; a third subsystem for communicating with an owner system, an asset management system, and a plurality of client devices via a plurality of interfaces of the database; and a fourth subsystem for processing a request for one of the software applications, and the platform and the use of the one of the software applications, received at the software management system from one of the plurality of client devices.