> Yes, you can have a copy installed at home as well as at work on the same
> licence under certain conditions. The licence details are given on the
> envelope your QSR software came in. The relevant paragraph is: "You may
> use this software or any prior version on a single computer. A licence for
> the software may not be shared or used concurrently on different
> computers. The primary user of each licensed computer may make a second
> copy for his or her exclusive use on a personal computer". However, the
> licence agreement should be read in its entirety. If you would like a
> copy of the licence text because you no longer have the original envelope,
> please contact Scolari.
>
> Clive Parry
> Scolari
> Tel: 0171 330 1222
> http://www.scolari.co.uk
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME:[log in to unmask] at SAGELINK
> Sent: 18 April 1999 11:04
> To: Parry, Clive; -:[log in to unmask] at SAGELINK
> Subject: RE: NUD*IST licence
>
>
> > Can someone give me some advice about the following problem: this
> > University has just acquired 10 licences for NUD*IST 4 and I am
> about
> > to use one of them. To be really helpful to me I would need to have
> > the package installed on both my work and my home PCs because I can
> > never manage to do all my research work within University opening
> days
> > / hours. The technician tells me that he does not think the licence
> > allows this. Is this true?
> > If I were going to have to package installed on one PC only, my
> home
> > one would be more helpful. Again the technician doesn't think the
> > licence permits this. What do other people do?
>
> Perhaps someone from Sage Scolari would like to comment. But my
> understanding has always been that with the NUD*IST software you are
> allowed
> to have one copy installed on your work pc and one copy installed on your
> home pc. The logic is that you can only work on one copy at one time
> (therefore you cannot let someone else use your work copy while you are
> working on your home copy). However, your university will have to decide
> how
> to distribute the licenses.
>
> One solution is to sign out one license to you which you would install on
> both your university and home pc. They should ask you to sign a statement
> that when you finish your research or leave the university you would
> uninstall the NUDIST software from your home pc. However, they might not
> want to sign out licences as that would restrict their use to only 10
> users.
> Whereas, if they just kept the 10 licenses on the network while only 10
> users could use NUDIST at any one time, there could be any number of
> individual users.
>
> Personally, I agree that when you are doing research, you want to be able
> to
> work on your project at home. As your university has just bought the
> package, they might need some time to assess demand for it. I would
> suggest that you canvass some opinion to see if other researchers, like
> you,
> would prefer to be able to work on their research at home. Then put your
> viewpoint to whoever in your university bought the software. This is
> really
> a case of how your university decides to manage the licenses. As I
> understand it, the license agreement will allow you to do what you want.
> But you may want to check with Sage Scolari about that. Their number is
> 0171-330-1222.
>
> Dr. Silvana di Gregorio
> SdG Associates
> Research and Training Consultants
> Tel/Fax:+44-(0)181-806-1001
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Http://www.sdgassociates.demon.co.uk
>
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