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If CCB pays for a subscription and administers permission lists, CCB faculty and students get professional developer tools and software from Microsoft via downloads.
STEM is "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math".

Success! See our DreamSpark page with registration instructions.

Why should CCB do this?

  • Any graduate student can get any version of Windows ($40-200) on their personal laptops, for free. They don't have to delete the software when they leave, since license is "Perpetual Rights". But they must get the software before they leave!
  • Research labs, like Freed's, get expensive (price?) programming software for free. Ex. Visual Studio Pro 2012, $500 list (no academic pricing?).
  • One Note for both researchers and students.
  • May promote use of Visio (drawing tools) and MS Project, especially if staff can use it.
  • Provides ChemIT staff (CCB representatives) 4 Technical Support Incidents and Priority Support in MSDN (MS Developer Network) Forums.

Administrative costs and possible process:

  • If cover research areas: Add via updated lists coming from CCB Admin (Kevin or Sharon). And/ or add people ad hoc.
  • If cover graduate students: Add via updated lists coming from Instruction (Pat) or from CCB Admin (Kevin or Sharon).
  • Re: Undergraduates taking Chem classes: Too much work, and not enough academic reason, to add/ maintain/ support undergraduate students under this program, even if technically possible. However, might add students in a class if a professor is requiring use of a specific software package covered by this license.

Eligibility 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 and software licensed

https://www.dreamspark.com/institution/subscription.aspx

New Subscription Pricing Options

  • Electronic Software Delivery (1 year): $499 USD
  • Electronic Software Delivery (3 years): $1,025 USD
  • Electronic Software Delivery + DVD (1 year): $799 USD
  • Electronic Software Delivery + DVD (3 years): $1,437 USD

Renewal Subscription Pricing Options

  • Electronic Software Delivery (1 year): $320 USD
  • Electronic Software Delivery (3 years): $799 USD
  • Electronic Software Delivery + DVD (1 year): $399 USD
  • Electronic Software Delivery + DVD (3 year): $1,079 USD

Individual

Who can use this software license, and for what contexts:

https://www.dreamspark.com/Support/FAQ/Default.aspx#FAQ

Examples:

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."

Q: If students get software through the DreamSpark program, do they have unlimited usage of the software?

A:Students may enjoy unlimited usage of software for the purpose of furthering their learning and research efforts. The software is not to be used to run a business or for ventures that drive commercial profit. However, DreamSpark has partnered with the Microsoft App Store teams to enable students to create games and applications with the Windows Phone, and Windows 8 Developer kits. This is the one exception where a student is allowed to use the software available on DreamSpark for a money-making enterprise. To learn more, visit the Windows Phone App Development, the Windows 8 App Development and the Xbox Indie Games Development pages accessible from the App Development menu on the navigation bar of the Student Overview page.

DreamSpark Premium Usage Guidelines

Oliver's summary: Determine first if use qualifies. Then determine if person or computer qualifies. In too many instances, person or equipment might qualify, but "The tools and technologies provided through the DreamSpark Premium subscription may only be used for academic instruction, academic projects, and non-commercial research". Fir example, that clause limits the license drastically for CCB staff's work or personal computers.

Oliver's take on specific guidelines presented:

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Oliver's thoughts

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 graduate students would be eligible (are qualified), so could install software on their own personal computers. (But not allowed to install the software on computers of their family members!)
Rational: All CCB graduate students are working towards a STEM degree. All are enrolled in a STEM class, even it it's "just" CCB's thesis class.
Since license is "Perpetual Rights", student won't have to remove software when their relationship with CCB changes.

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 eligible to use software licensed under this program.
Rational:All CCB research labs are engage in "academic projects", and of course also used for "academic instruction" and "non-commercial research".
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.
So, even if person or machine otherwise qualifies, if software would not be used for permitted use, can't install/ use the software.

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 as "directly involved with teaching or system administration related to DreamSpark Premium"?
CCB staff would benefit from guidelines/ rules.
If allowed, might represent a nice benefit to working in CCB. :-) 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.
All research computers in CCB are owned by Cornell, as are all staff computers, regardless of job. But not all licensed software would be used for "academic instruction, academic projects, and non-commercial research" (See second guideline listed above.)

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.

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!

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