BGSU is under a Campus Agreement (which covers all university-owned machines) and a Student Select program (for personal purchases) through June 30, 2010. Firelands College is included in these agreements.

The use of the software licensed under the Campus Agreement is subject to the terms of the Campus and School Agreement, including but not limited to limitations on liability, disclaimer of warranties and exclusion of remedies. The software can only be run during the licensed period. If the Campus Agreement is terminated, or a subscription enrollment or extension is not submitted prior to the expiration of the licensed period, then all software run under the Campus Agreement must be deleted when the licensed period expires or is otherwise earlier terminated, whichever is first.

The software covered under the Campus Agreement are:

• Windows Operating System Upgrade
• Office (Macintosh or Windows)
• Visual Studio.NET Professional
• CoreCAL, which are client access licenses to some types of server systems are also covered. CALs to SQL servers are not covered.

The software covered under the Student Select Agreement are:

• Windows Operating System Upgrade
• Office (Macintosh or Windows)

Faculty/staff Work At Home Rights exist under the Campus Agreement. Faculty and staff who use a copy of Windows Operating System or Office at BGSU, have the right to run one copy of that product on a home PC that is owned or leased, for school-related purposes only. Faculty/staff can acquire the media for $10 each, plus tax, at the BGSU Bookstore. Acquisitions are limited to one copy of each product. When a newer version is released by Microsoft, then the faculty/staff member can acquire the newer version. Microsoft restricts faculty/staff to one platform of Office (i.e. faculty/staff are not eligible to acquire one Macintosh version of Office and one Windows version of Office). Faculty/staff do not own the software and are allowed to use the software only while employed by BGSU and only while a Campus Agreement is in effect.

Under the Student Select program, Faculty/staff have an option to purchase either Windows Operating System Upgrade and/or Office (Macintosh or Windows) at the BGSU Bookstore for $62.00 each, plus tax, for each product. The software will be owned at the time of purchase. Purchases are limited to one copy of each product. When a newer version is released by Microsoft, then the faculty/staff member can acquire the newer version. Microsoft restricts faculty/staff to one platform of Office (i.e. faculty/staff are not eligible to acquire one Macintosh version of Office and one Windows version of Office).

Students are allowed to purchase one copy of Windows Operating System Upgrade and/or Office (Macintosh or Windows) at the BGSU Bookstore for $62.00 each, plus tax, for each product. The software will be owned at the time of purchase. Purchases are limited to one copy of each product. When a newer version is released by Microsoft, then the student can acquire the newer version. Microsoft restricts students to one platform of Office (i.e. students are not eligible to acquire one Macintosh version of Office and one Windows version of Office).