Licensing Types

At the University of Guelph concurrent and standalone software licensing are two mechansims used to administer software licenses. An internet connection is required with concurrent however, not with standalone software licensing.

Concurrent Licensing

Concurrent licensing allows members of the University of Guelph an extremely cost effective way to share a fixed number of software license. Under this type of licensing arrangement, software can be installed on any number of computers, provided that the actual usage of an application does not exceed the number of licenses owned.

A license server keeps track of how many licenses are in use at one time. When an application using concurrent licensing starts, it first checks to see if a concurrent license is available to use. The application using concurrent licensing requires an internet connection.

The following applications use concurrent licensing:

• ESRI
• MATLAB
• SPSS

Standalone Licensing

Standalone licensing allows users to install the software without being connected to the internet.