A license is not a contract. A contract may include a license. A license is, by definition, the granting of permission to do something that person would not normally be able to do (007, License to Kill).
The taxi driver doesn't "sell" me a seat in his cab, really
The taxi ride is an implied contract of services (a ride) in exchange for a valuable consideration (money).
Subject to the terms and conditions, if any, of the agreement governing the license. IOW, the contract, either stated, as in a EULA, or implied, as when you climb into a cab.
The taxi ride is an implied contract of services (a ride) in exchange for a valuable consideration (money)
Software is subject to an actual contract, exchanging money for the use of said software. If you have no contract, you have no right to use the services of the publisher or the programmer.