1. Software Licensing Agreements

Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS) manages a variety of software agreements which are made available to the various parts of the University depending on the type of agreement and funding model. In addition various software agreements have been taken out by individual departments with usage rights for the whole University.

The list below shows the general availability for each software product , your personal entitlement will depend on the status shown on your University Card, this will be verified when software is requested via the Computing Services Shop.

This list is intended to show all software generally available throughout the University, please contact us at Software Licensing if you know of additional software that we should include on this list.

Purchasing Software

The majority of software licences and associated media is distributed via the Computing Services Shop, the column "obtain From" in the table below shows any exceptions. In order to obtain software for use on a computer that is owned by yourself you must present your University Card. Users buying software on behalf of a department or college should bring a departmental or college order and their Software Card, these cards can be obtained from Registration staff via the OUCS Help Centre if you have appropriate authorisation, see software-card page for details.

Agreement Details

Each software item is covered by a different software agreement. The column "Licence Terms" in the table below links addtional details on who can use and install the software. Availability is shown for University Units, Staff and Students. Where software is centrally funded it is noted as "free" if a fee is required it is noted as "Yes", a blank cell means that we are unable to supply this software. Please note that "free" refers only to the software licence, media cost will apply where required.

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