The adobe value incentive plan vip is a subscription licensing program that includes volume discounts, immediate deployment and simplified management. So we expect the government to build roads, fund the building. And mounting evidence from government watchdog groups reveals that much of this strategic expenditure is being needlessly wasted. Jul 27, 2006 the impetus behind dual licensing comes from a desire to find ways of making money from free software other than simply by providing services. Dualuse exports what are dualuse goods and how are. No, you would need two licenses to dual boot two installs of windows 7. The export administration regulations provide specific identification of particular foreign entities that the u. In the licensing agreement users are informed that although they possess a disk containing the software, they have actually only purchased a license to operate it. Apr 04, 2017 dualuse software criminal case not so novel. A software license is a legal instrument governing the use or redistribution of software. By peter lobrutto dual licensing is an open source business model where a vendor makes its software available both via an open source license and via a different model that may incur a license fee. When open source software comes with a few catches wired.
Only microsoft 365 e3 and e5 users may access those server instances. September 30, 2016agencies were required to compile a baseline inventory of the commercial offtheshelf software purchased, deployed, and in use. Mar 19, 2016 tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. If you also have active software assurance for your office suite license, the primary user of the licensed. Licensing software and technology to the federal government. An important licensing and business strategy in commercial open source software industry. Dual licensing policy new way for software development. Multi licensing is the practice of distributing software under two or more different sets of terms and conditions. Federal agencies engage in thousands of licensing agreements annually. Also if you bought the upgrade version of windows 7 you cant dual boot 7 and vista you cant use the license of your previous operating system on a computer if its currently being used to upgrade an install of windows 7. Jan 01, 2016 generally when someone says they are licensing a project under dual licenses they mean that individuals using the software can choose to use the software under the terms of one of two licenses. To help support customers transition to office 365 proplus apps, we have decided to retain the dual use policy in the microsoft 365 from sa product terms.
Under united states law, all software is protected, in both source code and object code forms, unless that software was developed by the united states government. Usually one of these licences is an osiapproved open source licence and the other is a proprietary licence. The dubai airport freezone authority dafza, dubais premier freezone aims at attracting local and national foreign direct investments fdis, recently signed a memorandum of understanding mou with the department of economic development ded in dubai to allow dafzas hosted companies to obtain dual licenses to operate across dubai. News dafza enables customers to obtain dual licenses to. Find the microsoft licensing agreement that is right for your government organization.
Razunas dual licensing model is based on the principle of fair exchange. How is the licensing software treated when it is developed with indirect costs. Simply put, they offer their user base the option of choosing either a gpl option for those who want to modify and support their own versions of the softwareor a. The software, referred to as ghostscript, was duallicensed under the gpl license and a commercial license. How do the new regulations define software developed at private expense. Alternatively, customers can buy a commercial license from mongodb. The license typically forbids giving the software to someone else, making copies of it, or running it on more than one computer at a time. Control policy for strategic goods and services government.
As part of the conspiracy, huddleston provided shames with access to his net seal licensing software in order to assist shames in the distribution of his limitless keylogger. Software license management for federal agencies deloitte us. Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dualuse items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources. Prefixes may be used to indicate the number of licenses used, e. Article 12 of this regulation sets out a number of considerations which the dutch export authorities must take into account in assessing an application. Catchall regulations incident to the dual use list prohibit the export without a license of any equipment, software, or technology that would contribute to projects of proliferation concern. With the incorporation of an increasing number of governmental technologies, such as drones, into everyday civilian use, the licensing and authorization needed for dual use goods across the world will become more complex. The goods subject to a licensing requirement are listed in annex i of eu regulation 4282009.
Dual licensing means that the same code is released under two different licenses. Pdf dual licensing has proved to be a sustainable business model for various commercial software vendors employing open source. The adobe value incentive plan vip is a subscription licensing programme that includes volume discounts, immediate deployment and simplified management. If your company repairs or maintains military goods or dual use goods or teaches people how to use them, you will be subject to the same rules that apply to the export of strategic goods. Microsoft products you may be eligible to purchase include. If you publish code under a copyleft license such as the gpl and then accept external contributions under that license, you are no longer the sole owner and cannot include the gpllicensed contributions in the closed source version.
One of our offers is released under the gnu general public license gpl version 2 open source license and the other is licensed under a commercial license which is outlined in the zenoss master license and services agreement. Whether you need a few licences or hundreds, you can save money while giving people in your agency or department access to all the tools they need. Do i need a licence to provide services for military goods or. Dualuse software criminal case not so novel krebs on. Opensource licenses allow software to be freely used, modified, or shared, while respecting the original programmers authorship and intent. The features, revenue distribution model and market determine the best commercialisation route and we aim to find the best fit for both creators and end users. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. This is explicitly stated in what was probably the first such dual license, the aladdin free public license, created in 1994 by l. Any number of products that are commonly used today may have originated within the government and later integrated into civilian life. Government discount through the microsoft home use program. There isnt any transferring of ownership of the good to the user, which hasnt the warranty of a for life availability of the software, nor isnt entitled to sell, rent, give it to someone, copy or redistribute it on the web. Offering the same software under two different licenses, known as dual. Whether you need a few licenses or hundreds, you can save money while giving people in your agency or department access to all the tools they need.
We dont recommend public domain for distributing open source software, for various. What software and documentation do the new regulations require to be delivered with a license for unlimited rights. When software is multilicensed, recipients can typically choose the terms under which they want to use or distribute the software, but the simple presence of multiple licenses in. Project solutions for onpremises are available through microsoft volume licensing. As a government employee, you may be eligible to purchase microsoft software at the discounted price offered by the home use program hup. This may mean multiple different software licenses or sets of licenses. Dual licensing is based on the idea of simultaneous use of both open source and proprietary licenses. Dualuse software criminal case not so novel krebs on security. Licensing microsoft office software in commercial licensing as a result, a user can use a usb drive to run office on any licensed work device while on company premises. The same applies to the export of certain types of software and the brokering of trade in military goods. Put simply, duallicensing describes a situation where the same piece of software can be obtained under two different software licences. What are the legal implications of licensing software with. Government licenses legal definition of government licenses.
Thanks for contributing an answer to software engineering stack exchange. But a closer look at the governments side of the story as well as public postings left behind by the accused and his alleged accomplices. Government organizations with 250 or more devices enterprise agreement for government. Microsoft 365 e3 and e5 provide the right to install exchange server, sharepoint server, and skype for business server software on any server dedicated to customers use. Duallicensing index of articles relating to terms of service and privacy. In addition, defense provided documentation that it provided access to webbased software licensing resources to defense personnel. Dual licensing usually refers to offering software under a proprietary license and an open source license. Multilicensing is the practice of distributing software under two or more different sets of terms and conditions. In some cases, you will have to apply for a licence. The focus of this paper is on licensing aspect involves licensing strategy. If you are using razuna commercially that is, for creating proprietary software for sale or use in a commercial setting you must purchase a commercial license from razuna.
Project server 2019 is licensed using a servercal client access license model. Important open source ruling confirms enforceability of dual. Many proprietary or open source software houses sell the sw copy with a license to use it. Update on dual use rights for microsoft 365 e3 or e5 from. Pdf dual licensing in open source software markets researchgate. Our standard commercial license pricing structure is below.
Agencies unknowingly buy more software than they need, pay maintenance fees for software thats sitting on the shelf and at the same use software they dont. Dualuse exports what are dualuse goods and how are they. Aug 25, 2016 here at zenoss, we are an open source software company that utilizes a dual licensing approach. The export of dual use goods from the netherlands often requires an export licence. Effective management of software licenses can help avoid purchasing too many licenses that result in unused software. Business license software for local government govsense. May 23, 2019 update on dual use rights for microsoft 365 e3 or e5 from sa customers may 23, 2019. July 18, 2016agencies must name a software license manager and supporting team.
Peter deutschs company aladdin enterprises for the ghostscript program. Solving the governments software licensing problem fedscoop. Intelex license management software is a flexible and scalable platform that centralizes all licensing data and streamlines all tracking activities. You need flexible licensing programs that can help you control budget spending while also giving you solutions to help improve the lives of your citizens. Clearly, if software is released under an open source licence it is not practicable to charge for the software as your neighbour can give it away for free. For example, between fiscal years 2015 and 2017 its software licensing training videos were accessed almost 200,000 times, and its software licensing tool kits and white papers were accessed over 63,000 times. Dual licensing copyleft licenses like gpl and agpl see above are also sometimes used by vendors as part of a dual licensing business model, whereby they release the code under a copyleft license, but can also sell percopy exclusive licenses to organizations that want to use or redistribute the software under proprietary terms. Dual licensing emerged as an open source business model in the early 2000s, and it typically refers to the release of a software component under two licenses simultaneously. Revisiting the open source business model copyleft currents. Dual use goods are products or technology that are used by both government agencies and civilian populations and different nations have specific policies and regulations as to which items fall under that category. Microsoft project and portfolio management solutions require a project server 2019 license for each running instance of the software, and cals are required for each person or. Robust and cloudbased, intelex license management software helps businesses maintain all their employees license requirements and ensures that the licenses are up to data for yearround audit.
As a rule, drafting a new open source software license is not a good idea, so i. Sep 24, 2019 guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources. From dual licensing to software as a service, at cambridge enterprise we have experience commercialising software using various business models. Supporting services are not the only way that an open source business can make money. The application encourages selfservice and data entry by the licensee.