Software Licensing @ ECU for Students and Staff
Home Use
As part of our commitment to being able to provide value to the University's Computing environment, IT Support Services (ITSS) negotiates licensing
for commonly used applications to help reduce the overall cost of computing to Faculties and Service Centers. This licensing is commonly referred to as CHUL (Consolidated Home Use Licensing) and it is available for Students and Staff.
Depending on the license agreement, you may be able to use the applications on a personal home computer.
The following table below consists of these applications which are currently used throughout ECU with CHUL license agreements.
Please Note:
Unless highlighted with the word MAC denoting Apple MAC OSX all applications are for Window based computers.
Check Operating System Requirements for these applications before selecting for use or purchase.
This column contains the names of commonly used applications throughout the University
This column indicates whether a staff member qualifies for home use of the selected application
This column indicates whether a student qualifies for home use of the selected application
This column indicates the manner in which the selected application may be sourced for the purpose of acquiring and using it at home
A "tick" in the column below indicates that the software may be sourced from one of the ECU Bookshops
A "tick" in the column below indicates that the software may be sourced from the Library under the provisons of CHUL
PostGraduate
Undergraduate
This refers to the nature of purchase associated with the software. The software may have already been purchased (purchased centrally) and available to you under a particular type of license or the software may need to be purchased by your Faculty/Business Unit (not purchased centrally) and matters related to licensing and distribution dealt with accordingly.
This refers to the actual physical storage of the software itself, which could either be in soft-copy or hard-copy format. If ITSS is selected as the option then it means that IT Support Services need to be contacted to arrange for the collection and storage of the media associated with the software. In most cases it will be the Faculty that is selected. Essentially this means that your Faculty/Business Unit will be responsible for the storage and maintenance of the media associated with the software.
DSL (Definitive Software Library) Update on Sharepoint: The option refers to whether the DSL [which is kept on Sharepoint] needs to be updated by IT Support Services or by your Faculty/Business Unit]. In most cases you will be responsible for this. If it is the case that ITSS is responsible then you will need to contact the IT Service Desk and advise them that you wish to ”update the DSL in Sharepoint.” It is very important that this information be managed appropriately as it may be subject to audit.
This refers to the installation of the software, whether it is to be actioned by IT Support Services [by the Service Desk ext 6000] or by your Faculty/Business Unit. The IT Service Desk is responsible for the deployment and installation of some software [online] so no physical media [such as a CD] to install the software is needed as it is done remotely. In other cases, the Office Administrator or Purchasing Officer associated with the purchase of this software will be responsible for either installing the software for the user. They can also contact the IT Service Desk and arrange for a Customer Support Officer to attend and assist with the installation. Please note that there is a currently a cost associated with the manual installation of non-SOE software at a rate of $50 per hour.
This refers to whether you are able to install the proposed software on your home computer. Each software license is different and compliance with these obligations is necessary to ensure that your Faculty/Business Unit are not in breach of the software’s terms and conditions.
CHUL refers to the Consolidated Home Use Licensing agreement. This is an agreement that has been specifically negotiated between Microsoft and ECU. IMPORTANT: There is a standard CHUL and there is also another agreement that specifically refers to home use of Microsoft software products - It is commonly referred to as the MS CAUDIT Home Use Licensing Agreement.
For Staff: For each of the products listed in the ‘License Matrix’ that have available the option for CHUL then they can run one copy of the products on a home PC that they own or lease for work related purposes only. The software must be deleted from the home computer immediately once a staff member ceases to be an employee of the University.
For Students: The MS CAUDIT Home Use Licensing Agreement does not extend to Students. However, Students are entitled to purchase Microsoft Software at reduced rates through the ECU Bookshop. This refers to whether you are able to install the proposed software on your home computer. Each software license is different and compliance with these obligations is necessary to ensure that your Faculty/Business Unit are not in breach of the software’s terms and conditions.
For Staff: For each of the products listed in the ‘License Matrix’ that have available the option for CHUL then they can run one copy of the products on a home PC that they own or lease for work related purposes only. The software must be deleted from the home computer immediately once a staff member ceases to be an employee of the University.
For Students: The MS CAUDIT Home Use Licensing Agreement does not extend to Students. However, Students are entitled to purchase Microsoft Software at reduced rates through the ECU Bookshop. This refers to whether you are able to install the proposed software on your home computer. Each software license is different and compliance with these obligations is necessary to ensure that your Faculty/Business Unit are not in breach of the software’s terms and conditions.
A type of software licensing agreement that grants ECU permission to use the software on a network on a single site with an unlimited number of end users. Usually this type of license allows you to copy and use the software on multiple computers at one site [namely, ECU]. Please note that in some cases there may be a maximum specified number of simultaneous end users. Example: For SPSS v14 ECU has negotiated with SPSS Australia to use its product under a Site License agreement.
This type of license permits the licensee to use the software only on a single computer. In some instances, the licensee is prohibited from putting the software on a network even if it is to be used by only one machine. Single User or Stand Alone licenses are often "shrink wrapped" with the individual copy of the program. The license agreement usually contains a sentence that states, “breaking the seal of the disk package indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions".
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The nature of the purchase, licence, storage, deployment/installation and administration of the software may vary as it depends on the application selected.
For further details please run mouse over the table headings above.
Licensing Conditions
Use of all software obtained under the CHUL programme is subject to a full set of licensing conditions, known as the Conditions of Use.
A full copy of the conditions of use is included on the rear of your licensing form, which needs to be completed when you obtain software.
A full copy of the conditions of use can be obtained by clicking here.
Obtaining Software
Library
In order to obtain software in person, simply visit the Library Loans counter on any campus.Please check the ECU Library Catalogue for current version and availability.
To save time, you can also download a copy of the licensing agreement from this site and have it completed and ready when loaning your software:
Download:
Form IT028 - Consolidated Home Use Licensing Programme - Licensing Agreement
210KB Bookshop
The Bookshop on any campus may supply the relevant software at a subsidised rate.Please contact the bookshop to confirm availability and price.
Online
Please note that Endnote is also available for online delivery.
Simply click here to visit our Software Download site (ADS Authentication required).