Steve,

What Christine [hi, Chris!] says is true for a single user/single computer situation. She's also right about needing some type of multiple use license for a network and taking advantage of the educator discount. Rereading your message, I'm not sure what you have.

In your message, you say that your "campus has a
single site license" for the software. There's a difference between a campus-wide site license, which some companies offer, and a license for using software on a single computer. Which do you have? What does your documentation say? Have you asked Kurzweil or your vendor? Get the answer before proceeding.

Another note: no matter what your usage profile is right now, you can never guarantee only one user at a time when software is networked. That's why there are differences in permissions - and costs. You can't copy single user/single machine software to another computer legally. You also can't run it over a network so that other computers have access. It amounts to the same thing. Really basic copyright issues in the digital age!

See if your current copy is already licensed for campus use or, as Christine said, get the appropriate licensing. Or have the testing office get their own single copy.

Best!
Audrey

Audrey J. Gorman
Access for All
Naperville, IL USA
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:28:28 -0400, Christine Lisiecki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> A single use license for any computer software particularly in a
> non-residential use means that the software can be used on only one computer
> at a time.  In other words a single use version should not be on a network.
> If you want more computers to have access to the software, you need you need
> to buy a multiple use license.  The software is the same you just pay extra
> to be allowed to install the software on more than one computer or allow
> access from more than one computer through the network.  You can purchase as
> many licenses as you need.  Make sure you check with the company to see if
> you can get an educational discount.  License can be expensive but they
> usually are cheaper than buying the same number of single use copies.
> Normally a license requires that all the computers using that software be in
> the same building.  But check with the company.  In the case of a college,
> as long as they are on the same campus you might still be ok.
>
>
> Christine M. Lisiecki, Reference Librarian
> Head, Readers Services
> New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped
> PO Box 501
> Trenton, NJ 08625
> 1-609-530-3260, 1-800-792-8322
> Fax: 609-530-6384
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Thompson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 01:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: user licensing for Assistive Technology
>
>
> What does SIMULTANEOUS USE of assistive technology mean? Our campus has a
> single site license for Kurzweil 3000 with the intended purpose to provide
> library access? There are new features in the 7.0 release that would assist
> our testing office to use Kurzweil 3000 rather than use test readers. Would
> our single license be used legally when the testing office began using the
> program? We currently do not network the program but we know from the number
> of users we have that only one user would be on the program at a time.
>
> Steve Thompson, Outreach Librarian
> Rock Valley College
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