First: I didn't evaluate how free/libre NVIVO is. I assume it's not free/libre. If somenone made the evaluation/review, and if it's really in the Free Software Directory, or in some default repository of free/libre system distributions, please tell me. It appears to me that NVIVO is currently not free/libre because of the following text: "You agree that you will not reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to access the source code of the Software. Unless the accompanying license agreement expressly allows otherwise, any copying or redistribution of the Software is strictly forbidden. This also applies to any copying or reproduction of the Software to any other server or location for further reproduction, redistribution or use. Unauthorized use, reproduction or distribution of the Software is illegal, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Offenders will be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law." (from [[http://www.qsrinternational.com/legal]]).
Based on this, you can: a. Use someone else's computer to do the work, without installing any non-(free/libre) software in the person's computer. The idea here would be to do this with someone's computer that already has NVIVO for some time. Also, while being required to use this person's computer, it's a good idea to document how inpractical it was, and later on send what was documented to QSR International so that they can see how inconvenient the loss of the essential freedoms of the software is. This is one of my recommendations. b. Don't use NVIVO. Instead, use a free/libre one, like QualTA ([[https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/qualta]], note that this is a random/untested suggestion, and that no other free/libre substitute is known by be so far, I have tried to look on the Free Software Directory, on the Parabola repository, on the Guix/GuixSD repository, and also in Trisquel repository, but only found this one in GNU Savannah). This is one of my recommendations. c. Install QEMU and a system distribution that runs NVIVO with QEMU. This option isn't recommended because it postpones the problems related to the loss of the essential freedoms of the software, and since you are one of the people affected by it, it'd be best if you find (or hire) people to solve the problems, pressure the affected organization that is using NVIVO to not use it (for example, pressure the college in which you study to not use NVIVO, this can be done by using a petition to collect signatures from students), or pressure QSR International to completely free/liberate NVIVO (this last option isn't guaranteed to work since for-profit organizations tend to ignore our demands). We can help up to the QEMU part, and possible QEMU-specific issues, but we cannot help with using the (probably non-free) system distribution, and we cannot help on using NVIVO. -- - [[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Adfeno]] - Palestrante e consultor sobre /software/ livre (não confundir com gratis). - "WhatsApp"? Ele não é livre, por isso não uso. Iguais a ele prefiro GNU Ring, ou Tox. Quer outras formas de contato? Adicione o vCard que está no endereço acima aos teus contatos. - Pretende me enviar arquivos .doc, .ppt, .cdr, ou .mp3? OK, eu aceito, mas não repasso. Entrego apenas em formatos favoráveis ao /software/ livre. Favor entrar em contato em caso de dúvida.
