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Subject: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/21/2003 6:01:25 PM
SoFo,
Please direct me to an URL or tell me where I can a copy of your usage license for academic versions of your software. If I purchase an academic version I want to know all the legal limitations and be in compliance.
Thanks,
Barry
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/21/2003 6:47:27 PM
The license is identical to the standard, non-academic license. It permits use for commercial purposes, if that is what concerns you.
Do a search on this forum under ACADEMIC and you will find several threads.
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/21/2003 8:06:36 PM
wcoxe1,
Thanks for the info. You were right about my concern, even though I don't intend to use it commercially...now. I did a search and found nothing directly from SoFo going back to December of last year, but I was lead to a post on the COW which I will paste below:
Hello Mark, and thanks for writing.
Academic versions are identical to full versions, so upgrading an academic version will end in a full license.
Let me know if you have further questions, Mark.
Sincerely,
Joshua Dodge
Customer Relations Team Lead
Sonic Foundry, Inc.
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/21/2003 11:06:10 PM
Well, NOW the perfect answer is available on this forum to future readers.
Good man.
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/22/2003 12:06:14 AM
wcoxel "The license is identical to the standard, non-academic license. It permits use for commercial purposes, if that is what concerns you"
You are incorrect in your statement. The license on the Academic Software is for non-commercial use. Joshua, stated that only with an upgrade to the Professional version (still same software) will you be granted a commercial license. If anyone has any questions call SoFo directly.
If everybody making money with the software could get it for academic pricing, I'm sure they all would.. Their licencing agreement prevents this.
Mike
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/22/2003 9:24:24 AM
I called SF a month or so ago, the number for their Academic Sales department. I was told there are two license agreements that you must agree to with the Academic purchase. The first is the purchase agreement, which states that at the time of purchase you are a student according to their restrictions.
The second is the End User License Agreement which details how you are allowed to use the software, such as commercially and such. The man with which I spoke told me the End User License Agreement for both the full and the academic version are identicle, and you can use the academic version commercially. You may also continue to use the academic version after you are no longer a student, because the purchase agreement restricts you to be a student at the time of purchase only.
Note, I have not read the agreements myself, but the man with which I spoke seemed to be well trained in this type of question and very knowledgable about the policies.
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/22/2003 9:24:50 AM
Ah, ce la vie! Good thing SoFo is there to straighten things out, if they will?
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/22/2003 9:58:47 AM
Somebody from SOFO (that has the red tag attached to their message, needs to chime in with a definitive on this, cuz right now...? I'm in a sine wave with this thread...
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/22/2003 10:36:55 AM
FWIW:
I put in an email to the SoFo Academic people on Friday evening. I will post the reply when I get it, but in the meantime I hope someone from SoFo will indeed clear this up once and for all.
Barry
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/22/2003 3:55:02 PM
Thanks. Sounds like the smart thing to have done.
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/24/2003 12:51:28 AM
Still no official word ?
This would clear things up...
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/24/2003 8:33:14 AM
Here is a post that would appear to answer your question:
Academic Usage |
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/24/2003 10:11:54 AM
Q: Can the Academic version of Vegas Video be used commercially?
A: Yes, the Academic version can be used in exactly the same way as our retail version, commercially.
Q: Is there a difference in functionality between the 'academic' version and the 'retail' version?
A: No, there is no difference.
Q: Do you have a place where I can see and download that license agreement?
A: The license agreement is identical for all our current applications, regardless of whether you purchased it from an academic vendor or from a retail vendor. You can read the EULA here: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/support/eula.asp
Q: Is there a difference between the 'regular' license and the 'Academic' license?
A: No, there is no difference in the End User License Agreement, regardless of where you purchase the application from. As long as you qualify as an academic, you can get academic pricing from the academic resellers carrying our products. |
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/24/2003 11:48:44 AM
Thanks a lot !
Sonic foundry is such a great company... I don't know many companies that would allow commercial use of academic versions !
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Subject: RE: Usage license for academic version
Date: 2/24/2003 1:23:51 PM
I guess Jdodge's answers were pretty clear on the matter. By the way, I received the same answer via email from Joshua (Jdodge) so I need not post it here. Joshua and SoFo... thanks.
Barry
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