Department Software Licensing

Software Licensing Overview

There are three kinds of licensing available on campus. If you are eligible, these options are less expensive than purchasing "retail" box copies.

(1) "Campus-Wide Software Licensing" covers everyone at RPI, and allows some software to be downloaded for free. See this page for available packages and instructions.

(2) "Department Software Licensing" is applied on a department-basis, usually depending on the head-count of staff that were included when the contract was made. Also under this category are per-copy licenses such as Microsoft's Open License.  See the next section "Department Software Licensing" below for details.

(3) "Student Software Licensing" is available for certain packages, and allows students to obtain a license and the media for the product.  Refer to the main menu link on the right for detailed information on "Student Software Licensing."

Department Software Licensing

Departments may be eligible to buy software at discounted pricing depending on the licensing program available for that product. In some cases, such as Microsoft, a department must have chosen to participate in the Campus agreement. In other cases there are volume license discounts available for multiple quantities. See the following programs:

• Microsoft Campus Agreement

  Media pricing for departments partcipating in the Campus Agreement.

• Adobe Contractual Licenses

  Adobe Software Licensing

• Microsoft Open License Program (MOLP)

  Individual licenses of Microsoft products for departments not participating in the Microsoft Campus Agreement.