Software: Introduction
Quick link to the CCIT Software Index
CSM, through CCIT, has access to a vast wealth of software that is available to the Community in accordance with the license in place for each package. The CCIT Software Index was created to organize and catalogue this software. CCIT maintains computer labs and remotely accessible computing resources with both general purpose and specialized software available to the campus at large -- see the Facilities and Resources page for comprehensive details and locations of labs. Individual academic departments, research centers, and institutes maintain labs with specialized software for use by people associated with that department or center.
MSDNAA Software
The Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) allows eligible students and faculty members to download selected Microsoft software that has been licensed by departments on the Mines campus.
To create an MSDNAA account and get the associated software, visit the MSDNAA page.
Most of the software supported by CCIT or installed in labs is not available to the general campus community, but some of the software we have obtained is available for installation and use on machines other than ours, at low or no cost. A general rule to follow regarding the various products would be that if CCIT doesn't specifically document that the product is available for general use, it likely isn't.
Licensing restrictions vary by product. One typical restriction is that the licensed software only be installed on a campus-owned campus-located machine for use by the CSM community in support of instruction; under such a license the software would not be available for installation on personally owned machines, off campus machines or in support of commercial activities or funded research. Some are more liberal; our Antivirus software is available, without charge, to faculty, staff and students for home use and on personally owned machines. Some licenses are more restrictive or may have a cost to the end-user attached to them; check the CCIT Software Licensing document for a more detailed explanation of licensing services, scopes and types. The summaries presented are intended to be a concise outline of our understanding of the major points of our licenses, but do not override any legal documents that are in place.
CCIT manages many dozens of different software products and we are updating the Index as quickly as we can. If the specific product that you are interested in is not yet listed in the Index, please let us know via the Mines Help Center; submitting a help desk request to summarize and index a given product will greatly aid us in prioritizing this project.
