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Network concurrent licenses are a class of licenses that grants access to a Tufts network attached software client installed on remote hardware. However, not all cluster software is of this type. Concurrent network licenses are chosen to allow flexible use by a larger user-base than the number of licenses offered. As a result, most of the licensed software on the cluster is "shared" within Tufts. In effect, access is possible for Tufts owned workstations found in various computer labs and faculty desktops. These licenses were scaled to support research work and not classroom or instructional use. As a result, there is no guarantee of obtaining a fixed number of licenses. Access is first come, first served.
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1. The software may only be used for degree and non/degree-related research, student instruction, student projects and student demonstrations.
2. No analysis work done with the software is permitted to be proprietary.
3. All users of the software must be Tufts University employees, students or contractors who have been authorized by Tufts to use the software.
4. The software may not be used for any competitive analysis or commercial activity.
5. The software may only be used within a 50 mile radius of the Medford Campus. This restriction applies even when the user is accessing the software via a license check-out or via a VPN.
SAS
Tufts SAS license recently(spring 2012) changed from a fixed license count to an unlimited license. As a result the former charge back model has been replaced with a centrally funded model without charge back for installations on University owned machines. If you are a faculty or staff member interested in SAS please contact your local IT FSP support person for assistance.
The university has a license amendment in place with SAS that permits the installation of SAS software on a student's personal computer. There's some paperwork that each student needs complete - a one-page agreement that the student signs and that the university keeps on file. Also, the installation needs to be done by a university IT support employee. Since SAS does not support a native Mac version, the use of a Virtual Machine such as either Parallels or VMware Fusion is needed in order to run SAS for Windows on their Mac. For further information contact UIT Tufts Online.
Note: Currently SAS is not installed on the cluster.