David, You can install Norton onto a single PC for use at home - not for coming in and out of College - but you have to register for this. MS Office - is available under the work at home rights scheme but the licensing models have changed to such an extent that the software shop now recommends that academic staff purchase a copy of MS Office through the MS Ultimate Steal offer (www.ultimatesteal.co.uk) - yes you have to say you are a student to the initial question but we have checked that with MS and they have said that staff are also covered by the license offer. It is also possible to find MS Office cheaply from a number of genuine retailers online. I agree that Wolfram don't really seem to know what they are doing with their licensing but given how they appear to have College over the proverbial barrel I am not sure how we square the circle given that they are claiming for illegal use going back to 2003 and we have no way of tracing people back that far! Regards Adrian -----Original Message----- From: physics-departmental-computing-bounces@imperial.ac.uk [mailto:physics-departmental-computing-bounces@imperial.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Colling Sent: 14 April 2011 13:34 To: physics-departmental-computing Subject: Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] Can we do without Wolfram?, Hi Adrian,
Personally purchased or licensed software must not be installed on College owned systems and vice versa - thus if college funds purchase the license then it can only be installed on a College owned system - this rule applies for all software.
I am pretty sure that there are exceptions. Specifically I believe there are for Norton antivirus and as part of the Microsoft chest agreement for office.
Given that Wolfram are claiming the illegal use was perpetrated by machines which fall into both College owned and personally owned systems then I foresee further issues if someone uses a personally licensed copy of Mathematica from a personal system whilst on the College network and there is no College license in place!
I think in that case we would have to find the person and be able to prove that they have a personal license - although Wolfram are such ***** that I wouldn't put anything past them and the lawyers at mLaw. All the best, david _______________________________________________ Physics-Departmental-Computing mailing list Physics-Departmental-Computing@imperial.ac.uk https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/physics-departmental-computing