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We now provide a range of flexible licensing options, ranging from
perpetual personal licences, through multi-user group and
classroom licenses, to all-embracing site licences, allowing
virtually unrestricted usage of all products, on all platforms at
the licensed site. Education and student pricing is also available
(see "Education Licening Policy" box further down this page).
Please review the following table, in order to determine which
option best suits your needs.
| Personal Licence |
Multi-User Licences |
Annual Site Licences |
| Individual |
Research Group |
Classroom |
Departmental |
Campus |
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The ultimate in personal flexibility and our recommended
option for individual academics or researchers.
The software is licensed to you, so you can take it
with you if you change jobs or move institutions.
You
are licensed to use the software on any of your
machines: in the office, at home or on your laptop.
However, you must not "share" the software with any other
users, even if they "only" use the software on one
machine (you should consider a group licence in that
case).
To keep prices as low as possible, this licence is
for a single-platform (Mac or Windows). If you require
multiple platforms, you can purchase an additional
licence, at the upgrade price.
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Available for 5-, 10-, 20- or more users. The 5-user
group licence is ideal for a small research group, and
priced to fit within most budgets. Allows up to the
specified number of "named" users(*) to share the software
on any of their own machines.
(*) This is NOT a concurrent-user licence.
The user limit refers to the number of specific
individuals with access to the software, e.g., Joe,
Fred, Sally, Margaret and John.
For wider access, please consider increasing your
user limit (e.g., purchasing a 10- or 20-user group
licence), or alternatively considering a different
licensing strategy: Classroom, Departmental or
Campus licence.
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This is a highly-specific product, designed for a
traditional teaching environment, with up
to 30 installations of the software within a teaching
lab or classroom.
A classroom licence cannot be
used off-site, or by other users outside the immediate teach-
ing context. We therefore recommend that this licence
be purchased in association with one or more personal or
group licences.
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Provides extended flexibility in departmental
teaching and research.
This licence gives unlimited use of the software by members
of the department for one year:
All products: CrystalMaker + CrystalDiffract +
SingleCrystal;
All platforms: Mac "Tiger", Mac "Leopard",
Windows XP, Windows Vista.
This licence is available to educational
institutions only.
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Delivers superb value for money across an entire
university, college or school campus (*).
This licence gives unlimited use of the software at
the licensed site for one year:
All products: CrystalMaker + CrystalDiffract +
SingleCrystal;
All platforms: Mac "Tiger", Mac "Leopard",
Windows XP, Windows Vista.
(*) An equivalent, "Corporate" site licence is
available to non-educational institutions such as
corporations and government agencies/labs.
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| Single product - Single platform |
All products + All platforms |
Choose an annual site licence for a veritable
feast of all products on all platforms. Easy renewal with all-new
software. The low-cost way to stay up-to-date, and with virtually-unrestricted
access to three world-leading products on the two main software platforms:
amazing value!
Off-Site Usage: Unlike some other companies' products, our site licences allow far more
flexible use, including away from site (e.g., on your laptop at
a convention or lab, or at home) - providing the software is only
used by eligible personnel, and as part of their official duties.
Network Licence? If you wish to have the software installed
on a server, for use across a network, you should purchase one of
our site licences (Departmental, Campus or Corporate).
In contrast, our group licences
are not suitable for network use, since they are designed
for specific individuals, and are not concurrent-usage licences.
The Classroom licence is also not suitable for network use, since
it is designed for static installations "seats".)
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Education Licensing Policy
CrystalMaker Software Ltd extends education pricing to
students and faculty in degree-granting university programmes
and to acaademic institutions purchasing software for end-users
in those positions. Government laboratories do not usually
qualify, unless the end-user is an educator or student.
If in any doubt, please contact us before placing your order.
Attention all Students:
We have a new, "pay-as-you-go", pricing scheme for
CrystalMaker. Full details, including terms &
conditions, are available in our
downloadable student order form (Adobe PDF document).
However, students should first check whether their department has a
suitable multi-user or site (departmental/campus) licence. Even
if the department does not currently have a CrystalMaker licence,
we would strongly recommend the purchase of a site licence to
maximise value-for-money.
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Common Questions
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I'm a professor and I want my post-doc to be able to use my
licence. Is it ok to share my personal licence with him/her?
No! The personal licence must only be used by
yourself. If you need to share the software with other
users you should purchase a multi-user group
licence.
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I need to use CrystalMaker for my research work, but
also want my undergraduate students to be able to use the
software in a teaching class. What should I buy?
We'd recommend a Personal Licence for yourself
(or possibly a group licence if you want to share the
software with other researchers in your group), plus a
Classroom licence for your teaching lab.
For the best value, consider an annual
departmental licence - this works particularly well if
your department has an annual IT budget that you can
"leverage". If, on the other hand you only have access
to "one-off" funding, then a (perpetual) Classroom
Licence might be more appropriate.
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I'm in a small research group and am interested in a
5-user group licence. Can I split this across platforms,
e.g., to allow 3 Windows users plus 2 Mac users?
Sorry, no... To provide the lowest pricing, our
Personal, Group and Classroom licences are single
platform.
We do provide the flexibility to
add users for another platform, via our cross-platform
upgrades. In your case you could purchase (say) a
5-user Group Licence for Windows, then get a second,
5-user Group Licence, this time for Mac, at approximately
half price (our upgrade price).
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Several of us academics are interested in using
CrystalMaker, and we'd like our students to be able to
access the software too. Since we don't expect more than
5 users to ever be using the software at any one time,
can we purchase a 5-user group licence?
No; the user limit in our group licences refers to
the maximum number of named individuals licensed to
use our software - and NOT the number of concurrent
users (or "seats"). So, for example, if you had five
specific people in mind: Joe, Sally, Marge, Fred and
Eric, then they could install the software on their
own machines, as part of a 5-user group licence.
However, you couldn't have any other people using
the software.
For the maximum flexibility across an academic
department, we recommend an annual Departmental or
Campus licence. Alternatively, if your funding is
of the one-off variety, you might wish to purchase
a Group licence for research use, and perhaps a
Classroom licence for teaching - both of which are
"perpetual" licences.
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I'd like my students to be able to access the software
easily. Can I put the software on our server, so they can
connect and use the software
at any time?
Only if you have purchased a Departmental or
Campus site licence. You must not "share" Personal,
Group or Classroom licences over a network.
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I'm at a goverment research laboratory, but it's operated
by a university. Do I therefore qualify for the education
price?
Sorry, no. In order to keep our education prices as low
as possible, they are only available to students and
faculty directly involved in teaching.
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I'm considering a Site Licence, but need to be able to
use the software at home, and on my laptop at conferences.
Is this allowed?
Yes.
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I have a Group licence at my current institution, but am
about to move to a new job at another university. Can I take
my licence with me?
Normally, Group and Classroom licences remain the
property of the original department, and you would be
expected to purchase a new licence for your new
institution. However, in certain cases, it may be possible
to transfer your licence to your new institution -
please contact us for more information.
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How do I add more users to an existing Group licence?
You can upgrade from, say a 5-user to a 10-user
group licence, simply by paying the difference in price
(this assumes that your licence is up-to-date; if you
have an older version of the software, you'll need to
upgrade that to the current version first).
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Is there a student price?
We strongly recommend students to participate
in an existing, or new multi-user or site
licence. That way student supervisors can also
use the software (!). Failing that, we do have
a new pay-as-you-go scheme for students (this
currently applies only to CrystalMaker). Terms
& conditions apply. Please see the "Attention
all Students" note further up this page.
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What is your upgrade policy and how do I upgrade?
We don't charge for upgrades until we release
a major new version (i.e., with a higher
first-digit version number). For example, upgrading
from CrystalMaker 7.1 to 7.2 is free, whilst
7.x to 8.2 would require payment.
Existing, registered users can download free
incremental updates from the updates
page on this site. To purchase a major upgrade,
please refer to our education or standard order
forms, or use the online sales links on this
site.
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I recently purchased the software; do I still have to pay for an upgrade?
Major new versions of CrystalMaker for Mac
(version 8)
and Windows (version 2) were launched on 7
January 2008. Customers who purchased software
within two months of that date, i.e., after
7 November 2007, may qualify for a free(*) upgrade,
subject to the following conditions:
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The customer must have provided full
registration details, prior to requesting
the upgrade.
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Full - and timely - payment must have been received,
for the earlier version.
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(*) A shipping/handling charge of GBP 20
must be paid, in advance, by credit card only.
Please contact our sales department
to begin the upgrade process.
Customers who purchased the software before
7 November 2007 are of course entitled to
purchase an upgrade. You get great new features
for a special, low price.
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