Every piece of software provided via the network or loaded on the hard drives of the individual lab computers must be properly licensed. When you make a new software installation request, be sure to include information about licensing. Software that is used for specific classes must be purchased by the department using it. The department requesting the software installation is responsible for purchasing an adequate number of licenses based on the number of students who will be using it or on the number of lab machines on which it will be loaded. IRC will purchase, within limits, software which is required by more than one department for use in the labs.
Software licenses come in a variety of types.
Workstation licenses require the purchase of an individual license for every computer on which the software is installed. Site licenses require a set fee to be paid, either a flat rate unrelated to the number of computers, or on a scale based on the number of computers attached to the network. You do not need to purchase licenses for software that is already in the labs unless you are requesting wider access to a limited-use program. This would be the case, for example, with software that is currently used on a limited basis by a particular department which may have purchased 10 or 20 licenses and find they need more. Please be certain to investigate licensing before requesting software to be installed in the campus labs.