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Software licensing for departmental visitors
drvb
United KingdomMember ✭
Hello GATK team,
I'm the software manager at the University of Manchester in the UK. We have an installation of GATK 3 here on campus which we would like our academics' visitors and collaborators from other institutions to be able to access and use for work on their common projects. My reading of the GATK licence agreement is that the staff of our own institution are covered for use of the software but that their external collaborators are not, although we may run our external collaborators' data for them.
Would you be able to give us permission to extend the licence to cover the additional users? These are not casual visitors: they are involved in formal collaborations.
I'm happy to call or e-mail to discuss further.
Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
David Buckley
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom
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Geraldine_VdAuwera
Cambridge, MA admin
Hi David,
I'm happy to report that we can authorize this access to GATK3, provided that the additional users (collaborators visiting the University) are asked explicitly to agree to the terms of the license. It's up to you to decide how that will be done in practice; no additional paperwork is required from our end.
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Hi David,
I think that should be fine, but I'll run this by the legal/business dept to make sure it's ok and check whether there is any paperwork needed.
Thanks Geraldine,
I appreciate your quick answer. If there is any paperwork to fill in, I'm happy to handle that and I can be contacted at [email protected]
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
David.
Hi David,
I'm happy to report that we can authorize this access to GATK3, provided that the additional users (collaborators visiting the University) are asked explicitly to agree to the terms of the license. It's up to you to decide how that will be done in practice; no additional paperwork is required from our end.
Hello Geraldine,
Brilliant! Thank you. I really appreciate that. Please pass on my thanks to your business/legal office.
Regards,
David.
Will do, cheers.