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Students who are currently enrolled in at least one course in the member department may install the software on their personal computers.

Students who are in a member department but are not currently enrolled in courses that lead to credit or a certificate are not eligible to obtain DreamSpark Premium software for their personal computers.

All CCB students would be eligible.
Rational: All CCB students are working towards a STEM degree. All are enrolled in a STEM class, even it it's "just" CCB's thesis class.

The tools and technologies provided through the DreamSpark Premium subscription may only be used for academic instruction, academic projects, and non-commercial research.

The software that is part of the membership may not be used for any IT infrastructure or administration purposes at the DreamSpark Premium member's school, university, foundation, or organization.

All CCB research lab systems are elibigleeligible.
Rational:All CCB research labs are engage in "academic projects", and of course also for "academic instruction".
Even if software is nominally allowed to be installed (under other guidelines listed in the FAQ), it can't technically be used unless it meets THIS guideline's criteria.

Department, Faculty or Staff members who are directly involved with teaching or system administration related to DreamSpark Premium may install the software on their personal computer.

Department, Faculty, or Staff members who are not directly involved with teaching or system administration related to DreamSpark Premium may not install the software on their personal computers.

Who vets if specific staff  member qualifies? Desire guidelines/ rules for CCB staff.
If allowed, represents might represent a nice benefit to working in CCB. :-)
If For example, if someone qualifies, they can get any version of Windows for use on their personal, home computers for free, along with other software. But not all licensed software would be used for "academic instruction, academic projects, and non-commercial research". See previous guideline.

Member departments may install DreamSpark Premium software on all machines owned by their department.

(....) Organizations and Departments that provide software to faculty and students should not install DreamSpark Premium software on shared machines unless they feel that they can enforce the License.

This guideline says any CCB computer can have this software installed. However, this conflicts with rule (listed next) about not using software license for "infrastructure".
All research computers in CCB are owned by Cornell, whether used for research, teaching, or anything else.
This also includes any and as are all staff computers, regardless of job. But can the IT department staff then use Visio to improve their operations (which includes supporting CCB teaching and researchnot all licensed software would be used for "academic instruction, academic projects, and non-commercial research" (See second guideline listed above.)

The tools and technologies provided through the DreamSpark Premium subscription may only be used for academic instruction, academic projects, and non-commercial research.

The software that is part of the membership may not be used for any IT infrastructure or administration purposes at the DreamSpark Premium member's school, university, foundation, or organization.

Software is licensed for our department If software would not be used for permitted use, can't install/ use the software. Even if person or machine otherwise qualifies.
This guideline perhaps says OK to use in department, even if for some infrastructure, but don't abuse license by using outside the department in the listed groupings. (Department not listed in the groupings.)

The program administrator must authorize any access to the MSDN Subscribers Area or the ELMS download portal to other faculty members within the department. Only qualified students, faculty and administrators may have access to DreamSpark Premium product keys.

The program administrator (PA) may not allow any other faculty members or students to place orders for additional product keys via the Subscribers Area of the MSDN Web site. DreamSpark Premium product keys may not be sold, distributed, traded or given to anyone outside the qualified department or organization.

ELMS likely will make the administration of this service doable for staff.