Summary of Third Party Software License Restrictions

APPLICATION SIGNED LIC? LIC MGR? TIMED KEY? CONCUR USE RESTRICT? WRAPPER REQUIRED BY LICENSE? GRANT OF USE OK ON PERS MACH? (Yes/No/Unspecif) GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTION? FREELY DOWNLOADABLE?
Applixware Y N Y N N MIT Y N N
Maple Y N N N N MIT Y(1) Y(2) N
Mathematica N Y N Y N MIT U N N
Matlab Y N Y N N UNIX workstations administered by Athena U N N
Motif Y N N N N MIT U N N
Netscape Y N N N N MIT Y N Y(3)
Numerical Recipes Y N N N N workstations associated with Project Athena U N N
Splus Y Y N N N computers dedicated to Project Athena U N N
Star Office N N N N N MIT (implicit) U N Y
Stata N N Y Y Y Athena (implicit) U N N
Real Player Y(4) N N N N MIT U N Y
Tecplot Y Y Y Y N MIT U Y(5) N
Transcript Y N N N N MIT U Y(6) N
WebEQ Y N N N N MIT Y N N
Xess Y Y N N N all MIT computers U N N
XV Y N N N N users of Athena Y N Y(7)

  1. separate license for installation on personal machines which users must sign explicitly; administered by Angela Blossom
  2. institutional license defines site as "Cambridge, MA" and individual satellite sites itemized on license
  3. users can freely download personal copies under separate, shrink-wrap license
  4. letter of understanding sent by RealSystems to MIT allowing networking installation that bypasses individual registration
  5. site is "Licensee's regular working locations"
  6. Site is "buildings located at 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA". Network access to machines not at site explicitly disallowed
  7. Athena has separate license- users can download on their own as shareware

Note: All items marked Y in the FREELY DOWNLOADABLE? column are (or were) supplied with RedHat distributions

Note:All licenses allow internal, non-profit use without further limitation