Notes
Outline
Bulk Software Licenses
Bob Hudack
Network & Academic Computing Services
How you can help
Who should we be communicating with?
Should NACS lobby for more central funding? for what?
Who decides what to bulk license? How?
Outline
Types of licenses
The vendor’s expectations
Software funding
Which products does UCI want?
How you can help
Types of Licenses
Site License vs. Bulk License arrangement
The Vendors Expect…
Everyone at UCI will want the same thing
UCI has central funding and budget control
Vendors love leasing and prepaid maintenance
They like students using their products
They like campuses standardizing on their products
Software funding
Campus norm – “Let those who need it buy it.”
Let Bob find the users and pass the hat
AdCom or NACS or a school buys it
Volume is power
UCOP Technical Acquisition Support
Examples – Eudora licensing
Examples - EndNote
Bulk licensing is available, but I can’t identify the user base on campus.
Examples - SAS
There is no charge through June 2003 due to a grant from SAS. .
Which products does UCI want?
The campus is heterogeneous
Concurrent use and home use are always issues
Right now…
We ask SCCs and CSCs what they need
http://licenses.nacs.uci.edu shows what we have
Look for Academic Editions (AE)
How you can help
Who should we be communicating with?
Should NACS lobby for more central funding? for what?
Who decides what to bulk license? How?
Should we ask you? Deans? Academic Senate?