We are also finding that our implementation plans for a VCL at Illinois Institute of Technology are being hampered by challenges with software licensing. I saw the reference to the Software Meeting in Richmond on August 11th, and am curious if anyone has anymore information on this event.
Thanks, Bill Ornt o...@iit.edu Operations Manager, Technical services On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Mark Gardner <m...@vt.edu> wrote: > Dave, > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Woods, David M. Dr. > <woods...@muohio.edu>wrote: > >> I've asked about this before, and didn't get a lot of response, but >> licensing issues are turning out to be a major issue in our VCL pilot >> project, so I would be interested in talking to anyone who can share >> licensing details of software that is being provided to students in a VCL >> environment. >> > [snip] > >> The vendors would be happy to sell us additional licenses to allow us >> to allow students to access the VCL from the student’s personal machine, but >> this would add a lot to the cost of a full scale VCL implementation, so we >> would like to learn more about licensing at other places that have >> implemented a VCL to check with what vendors are telling us. If you have a >> licensing manager who would be willing to talk to our licensing manager, >> please send me contact info. >> > The VAVCL group meet last year and discussed software licensing. I believe > John Krallman from Virginia Tech attended. There is also another meeting > coming up in August. You can contact Sharon Pitt <sp...@gmu.edu> at George > Mason University who can give you more details but here is the invitation I > received: > > *"Current software licensing models can be barriers to consumer-orientated > technology services. On August 11, 2010, you are invited to discuss new > software licensing models that allow us to serve faculty, staff and students > in innovative, improved and more cost effective ways. This statewide > software summit will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University in > Richmond, VA from 9:30am - 3:30pm. More information, including registration > information, will be forthcoming. In the meantime, please hold the date." > * > > I also believe that NC State has done quite a bit with licensing in the > process of developing the VCL approach. You may be able to contact Harry > Schaffer or others at NCSU for more information. (Sorry, I don't have any > special insights into the issues of licensing.) > > Mark > > -- > Mark Gardner > -- >
