DASH

DASH Licence Provisions

Licences Are Purchased

DASH licences are available only for purchase. No rentals are available.
DASH licences are available to companies for installation on their own server(s). No hosted option is available.
All licences are costed and invoiced in Canadian dollars.

Licences are User-Based

Each person accessing DASH for any purpose is a "user". This includes data entry clerks, CATI interviewers, supervisors, programmers, and client service staff.
Each DASH licence stipulates the maximum number of user that may access DASH at any time.
Each type of licence has a minimum number of users; for the Core Licence, this minimum is 1, for the optional Web Licence it is 250, and for the optional Telephony Licence it is 20.
Any number of users may be added above each minimum licence. There are no fixed levels or ranges.

Multi-User Licences are "Floating"

The DASH Core Licence and Telephony Licence are not tied to specific stations or locations. Access is granted dynamically to users at any station/location.
Users may be local and/or remote in any combination.

The Core Licence is "Integrated"

The DASH Core Licence includes all "core" operations for field work: data entry, CATI, survey management, and tabulations. There are no separate modules for each application.
There can be any mix of these applications to the limit of the user licence.
This mix can change according to workload requirements; for example, the licence may be used by data entry clerks, coders and programmers during daytime shifts on weekdays but by CATI interviewers on evenings and weekends.

Licences are Company-Wide

All users in a company are covered by a single licence.
The single licence covers centralized and decentralized operations, single-server and multiple-server installations, and also single and multiple sites.
Wholly-owned subsidiaries are eligible to be included in the same licence but not outsourcing partners.

Licence Ownership has Rules

When a company with a DASH licence is totally acquired by another company, licence ownership passes to the acquiring company.
No company may sell or otherwise transfer its DASH licence to another organization.
DASH is copyrighted. Each licence-holder is responsible for ensuring that this copyright is respected and and that no illegal copies are made.