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License AgreementsMicrosoft ProductsUW-Madison elected to not participate in the UW-System site license renewal for Microsoft products that expired on July 31, 2003. UW-Madison departments will own licenses to the latest versions for the Microsoft desktop products that were included in the original contract. They can continue to use those licenses indefinitely on department-owned machines. DoIT will continue to offer Microsoft products and licenses to departments and students at educational discounts through the Tech Store. StarOffice SoftwareStarOffice, Sun's productivity software suite, is now available to the campus community. Departments, faculty, staff and students can get StarOffice from:
Enterprise LicensesOne of the major changes for faculty and staff who installed an Enterprise Agreement copy of Microsoft Office on their personally-owned computers must remove it if their department does not purchase Software Assurance (SA) for their office computer. If departments are not planning to purchase SA for their Office licenses, those installations of Office on personally-owned machines should have already been removed, although departments have until 10/24/2003 to complete their SA purchases. Departments will have to start tracking work at home licenses for their faculty and staff because the licensing rules change at the beginning of the new Select Contract (August 1, 2003). The faculty and staff who take advantage of this right will have to complete an Acceptance Form if they want to use a “work at home” copy. “Work at home” rights are allowed only on Microsoft Office products. Departments, faculty and staff are encouraged to maintain a copy of the Acceptance form to document compliance with the terms. The work at home license is not perpetual. At the end of the Select Contract term, users must remove the software from their computers.
Select LicensesNew Office Select licenses purchased under the new contract come with work at home rights whether or not Software Assurance is purchased at the same time. For secondary Use details from Microsoft see: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/downloads/secondary_use.doc Contact InformationIf you have any comments or questions, please send them to Kolleen Apelgren at kapelgren@doit.wisc.edu OverviewThis
is a general overview to the current
licensing requirements for the Microsoft products. Details and
a more complete summary can be found at the Specific InformationLooking for information on how this applies to you? Can you keep using your software? Do you have to buy anything? Rules are different for each group below. Software is still availableSoftware, including Microsoft products, will still be available at UW-Madison after the current license expires:
Background on the licensing agreementThe current licensing agreement between UW System and Microsoft began in 1999. Lengthy negotiations to renew the agreement resulted in two options, both of which UW-Madison found unacceptable:
The open-ended nature of the lease option, coupled with the loss of license ownership, made it unacceptable. The price increase called for in the ownership option was unaffordable, given the State's budget shortfall. For more information, see www.wisc.edu/wisc/UW_Madison/ms_contract_issues/conthist.html. Other UW System campuses and Wisconsin Technical Colleges may or may not have renewed a contract with Microsoft. Final resolution of contract issues may vary from campus to campus. Frequently asked questionsFor answers to frequently asked questions, see www.wisc.edu/wisc/UW_Madison/ms_contract_issues/faq.html.
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