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by shreeshaila

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Respected Sir,

My Question is that is it possible to put all high end CAD Software like IDEAS , Solidworks, Autocad , Inventor all purchased by one company like an service provider like yourself (Techrepublic) and giving the engineering or any students who cannot afford to buy on hourly basis like how we buy internet hours.
I hope this question is clear.

I will appreciate if you all will find a way out for my above question .which wiil help all the people in the world .

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully

Rampura S. Shreeshaila

shreeshaila@hotmail.com

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Every software company has their own licensing for the software they sell. Many only sell the software with the "one license, one concurrent user" philosophy.

Some have "site licenses" which means that all the members of the company that bought the license can legally use the software.

There are all sorts of variations.

But ultimately its up to the individual software company as to how they license their software.

In general, if you wanted to use licensed software on a time sharing basis, then you'd have to approach the software company who supplied that software and work it out with them.

Anything else may be in breach of the license agreement for the software when it was installed...

I hope that helped.
Cheers,Tim.

by william jay

Hello,

With software, there are usually two or more ways to do anything. . . Answer #1 provides a starting point for anyone who needs to "share" applications, as each application will have it's own requirements for licensing, (ie: per seat, per server, per time). It gets confusing and complicated when you add in all the possibilities in the licensing and pricing matrix, available in many forms, (Terminal Services, Thin Clients, and and shared Network Installations), added with the administrative overhead to keep it all legal and operational. Hope this helps a bit. Consult with a knowledeable Systems Integration Specialist and the Software Vendor(s) for more specific help.

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