Elibibility requirements
Institutional (all of Cornell University)
https://www.dreamspark.com/institution/subscription.aspx#TabbedPanelsContent2
Cornell does or can get DreamSpark Standard institution-wide.
https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/Access.aspx
The only accounts showing up are for Premium, and it shows that license for all departments/ Colleges which have applied.
BUT, it also shows that license for the top-level University level:
Cornell University - University - DreamSpark Premium
Departmental level
CCB-level. Or A&S level, if they were "STEM", like Hotel and Management schools. :-)
We want DreamSpark Premium for CCB, at least. We can get it since we are a STEM department:
https://www.dreamspark.com/Institution/STEM.aspx
Costs: $499/yr
Individual
Who can use this service, and for what contexts:
https://www.dreamspark.com/Support/FAQ/Default.aspx#FAQ
Ex:
Q: Can professional support staff for departmental labs check out software?
A: Yes. Any professional support staff whose primary responsibility is to maintain departmental labs are eligible to install DreamSpark software onto their personal computers for non-commercial use. The license amendment defines "Staff" as "any personnel duly engaged by the qualified educational user to teach or instruct students and/or to conduct non-commercial research or other development-related activities on behalf of the qualified educational user."
DreamSpark Premium Usage Guidelines
Examples:
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Olvier's thoughts |
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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 labs engage in "academic projects". |
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. |
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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. |
All research computers in CCB owned by Cornell can have this software, whether used for research, teaching, or anything else. |
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SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT - MICROSOFT DREAMSPARK PREMIUM
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From: Andre Hafner
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 10:23 AM
To: James M Pulver; Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: Re: Anyone subscribed to MS's DreamSpark Premium service?
Hello,
I have a Dreamspark account. I'd be happy to give you any info needed. Thanks - Andre
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From: Fraker, Michael [mailto:mf89]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:26 AM
To: Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: Dreamspark
Hi,
I am the Dreamspark administrator at the Hotel School. We use Dreamspark for our Lab computers to have Project and Visio. We also use it to give certain Faculty who want it access to Project, Visio, and Visual Studio that are not covered under the campus agreement. In addition, for one class we give students access to it so they can have Windows licenses.
Michael Fraker
IT Systems Solutions Specialist
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
145 Statler Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-254-5252
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From: Kevin Baradet
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:07 AM
To: Oliver B. Habicht
Subject: RE: Anyone subscribed to MS's DreamSpark Premium service?
I've set up DreamSpark for a class here at Johnson. Be glad to chat with you.
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Software licensing gurus,
If anyone is using Microsoft's "DreamSpark Premium" subscription service, please contact me off-list <oh10@cornell.edu> so I might learn more. Thanks!
Here's some info I found about this subscription:
https://www.dreamspark.com/institution/subscription.aspx
I want understand what it might mean administratively for our department (Chemistry) to "sponsor" this subscription. And I want to make sure I understand the full "deal", including section 4, "USE RIGHTS" in the EULA:
https://www.dreamspark.com/licensing/basic-EULA.aspx
It seems that the service is a "Shibboleth Federated Partner", which makes me hopeful it represents low admin overhead:
https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/IDM/Shibboleth+Federated+Partners
Shibboleth Service Provider URLs
But I see no mention of this option at CIT's software documentation pages, such as:
http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/software_licensing/about/other-software-sources.cfm
Services > Software Licensing > About > Other Software Sources
Thanks for any real-work experience and info you can share with me!