Campus Site License Software Programs

General Information

Campus Site License Software is available only to UAH employees for use on equipment owned by or leased to UAH and under the control of the university unless otherwise specifically stated. The software is protected under international copyright laws.

Duplicating any software or documentation in violation of the license agreement is a violation of the law and University policy.  Doing so may place you at risk of personal civil and criminal liability.

In addition, students, staff, and faculty of UAH may be subject to university disciplinary action.

Computer & Network Services reviews the site licenses periodically and may discontinue a license or its maintenance at any time.

Software site licenses maintained by UAH Computer & Network Services fall into two categories: site licenses and volume purchase agreements.

Site licensed software may be obtained from IS without cost. The costs associated with licensing software under volume purchase agreements are typically passed on to the end user's department, but these costs are very reasonable.

The current status of site licenses and volume discounts is listed below. Microsoft products (through MOLP) and SPSS are volume-discounted software; all other products listed are site licensed.

Microsoft and Adobe Site Licensed Software Applications:

UAH offers many Microsoft and Adobe products.  Microsoft products are provided under the Microsoft Open License Program or "MOLP" program.  MOLP is a program which allows the University to purchase most Microsoft products at substantially discounted prices. These licenses are version-specific and generally do not cover upgrades, unless upgrade advantage is purchased for the product.  A standard form (listed below) is used to request MOLP as well as Adobe products, and the installation of the software is scheduled through the CNS helpdesk.

Other Microsoft products are available, but must be ordered through Computer & Network Services and require one week lead-time.  Contact our Computer & Network Services help desk  for more information.

Computer & Network Services has been looking into the possibility of making Microsoft's products available through Microsoft's Select program.  At present this program is quite costly and requires special licensing with the University that in the past has precluded us from participating in this program.  More information about that program will be announced, here, on this web site.

CNS has been working with the UAB and Tuscaloosa campuses to offer a standard enterprise antiviral package for their faculty, staff and students.  As a result of this joint program we are able to offer the campus community a free copy of the McAfee VirusScan software application for use on their Windows PCs. 

IMPORTANT:

If you have a university owned computer system, and your system was installed by the CNS technical staff, it is very likely that you will not need this update.  Why?  The version installed by our technical staff includes a utility called EPO, which provides managed updates via a central campus server.  This server updates your software for you without any intervention on your part.

If you are using an antiviral software application other than McAfee you will need to uninstall that software prior to installing our distribution of McAfee.

Students and residents of University Housing who installed the version of McAfee on their computers prior to June 21, 2007 should note:  If you took advantage of our free distribution of McAfee VirusScan prior to June 21, 2007, it is important that you download and install this this copy is version 8.5.  Why?  This will insure that you continue to receive your antiviral updates in a timely manner and this version corrects a few bugs that were present in the version 8.0 release.

This software is available for immediate download by students, faculty and staff.

WinQVT/Net from QPC Software (Soon to be discontinued)

UAH holds a perpetual unlimited use site license for this network utility suite. This license covers the use of this software on University owned equipment. It is also available as shareware for use outside the university. Any department may request the installation of this software or may transfer it from QPC’s online source without charge to the department. Versions are available for Windows 3.x and Windows 95/NT.  Contact the CNS Help Desk (helpdesk@uah.edu) and request the latest version of the WinQVT "Terminal" software. 

MAPLE V from Waterloo Software (current release)

The UA System maintains an unlimited use site license for this mathematical package. This license allows for the use of the software on University owned equipment. Any department may request copies of the software without charge to the department. MAPLE is available for UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh. The most recent release available for distribution at UAH is Maple V Release 5. An older version is available for OS/2.

SYSTAT from SPSS (current release)

UAH maintains a campus wide license for 100 copies of this statistical software. This license allows for the use of the software on university owned or personal equipment. Any department may request copies of this software without charge to the department as long as there are licenses available. The current version is available for Windows 95/NT. Older versions are available for DOS and Macintosh.

SPSS (current release)

Base / Advanced / Professional Statistics

UAH maintains a campus wide license for 100 copies of these statistical analysis products. This license allows for the use of the software on University owned equipment. The current license fee for all three products is $112.85 per machine. Computer & Network Services currently pays the annual maintenance fees on this product, thus insuring the latest version will be available. This product is available for Windows 95 and Windows NT.

PV-WAVE from Visual Numerics (current release)

UAH maintains a site license for PV-WAVE for all workstations and PC’s. PV-WAVE is a leading visual data analysis package. The J-Wave image processing and signal processing utilities have been added to the license. JWAVE  allows quick and easy development of cross-platform applications for analyzing and interpreting complex data and easy movement to the web. This product is available for Windows 95/NT and Unix.

IMSL from Visual Numerics

UAH maintains a site license for the IMSL subroutine library for PC and Unix. This library contains many subroutines, which can be used to solve various numerical and statistical problems. The subroutines can be called from a variety of C and Fortran compilers. Please contact IS for verification that your particular compiler is supported. This product is available for DOS, Windows, Mac, and Unix, but not all combinations of platform/compiler are supported. The latest version is available for Windows, Windows NT and Unix.

NCAR Graphics (current release)

UAH maintains a site license for the National Center for Atmospheric Research Graphics library (UNIX only). The routines in this library may be called from C or FORTRAN programs to draw a variety of scientific graphs and maps.

Exponent Graphics

UAH maintains a site license for this interactive graphics library for scientific, engineering, and business applications. These routines may be called from various C and Fortran compilers on the supported platforms. Please contact IS for verification that your particular compiler is supported. This product is available for DOS, Windows, and Unix.

DEC CSLG

Digital Equipment Corporation's CSLG program provides UAH with the opportunity to purchase their software products at substantially reduced prices.

Questions

Questions regarding any of the software packages offered through this program should be directed to our Help Desk.  824.2639 or by email at helpdesk@email.uah.edu.

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