I have had Dorico for a while but I am now looking into institutional (non-educational) licences for my work.
This is for several computers in different locations. As they could be used simultaneously and by different people, am I correct in thinking a standard purchase would not be allowed?
Can you get a multi-user/site licence and if so would 365 or outright be better, or would I need a separate purchase for each site?
I expect the answer I am after is on the Steinberg website, but have been looking in the wrong place….
We don’t yet have dedicated multi-user licenses for businesses. If your business has a legitimate educational purpose, you could potentially qualify for educational pricing, but we’d need to know more about your line of business to advise on that point.
If you buy an edu multi-user license, you need at least as many seats as there will be simultaneous users of the software.
If you buy single-user licenses for multiple employees, you should buy one license for each individual person. Although a single-user license allows you to activate the software on up to three machines, those are intended to be for multiple machines belonging to the same person (e.g. studio machine and laptop, etc.), rather than for a business to allow multiple employees to use each of those activations simultaneously on different machines. (Of course, we cannot actually enforce this condition of our licensing, but that is the spirit in which the licensing is intended to be used.)
Thanks for your reply. Is there any possibility of messaging someone directly, away from the forum if possible, so that when and if a licence is bought I can be sure we are not in breach of any software licensing rules?
Educational licence might apply, but I would need to check first.
You can certainly email me directly about this, Simon, yes, and I can pass you on to somebody else if need be. My email is d dot spreadbury at steinberg dot de.