Re: office machines, software copies

From: Bob Dunne <dunne-bob[_at_]CS.YALE.EDU>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 94 16:30:26 EST

> Can someone give me a short (or long) answer to the question of how many
> copies of a program a firm should purchase when several users and several
> machines are involved.
>
> For example, six employees use filemaker and the records are stored on a
> server (a seventh computer). Do all these machines have to have separate
> copies? Does the server? What is the best group situation for an office of
> this size?
>
> Jane Fredeman
> 291-4268 (fax: 291-4964)
> Centre for Distance Education
       

Depends on the software. Some manufacturers will insist on individual copies for each machine. Others will permit you to install the software on a server but will specify that no more than a certain number of people may be using the software at any given time. Still others will sell you a site license permitting some larger number of users, or permitting installation on a large number of nodes. In an office your size this is probably not going to be a cost effective option.

But the short answer is to check with either the vendor or the manufacturer and verify what you have been told by reading the license that comes with the software carefully.

Bob Dunne                               Phone: 203-432-1266
Director of Administration              Fax:   203-432-0593
Department of Computer Science          e-mail: dunne[_at_]cs.yale.edu

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