SPSS refers to a group of licensed, copyrighted software products from
SPSS Inc.. Our SPSS license agreement covers the use of the Base
system offering the capability to solve business and research
problems using the premier statistical software product for data management
and analysis. Also included in the agreement is the use of the SPSS
Regression Models™ and the SPSS
Advanced Models™. Use the links provided for information explaining
the capabilities of each component. System
Requirements for SPSS 15 (Windows)
Licensing Information
Enrollment into the SPSS license program grants each participant "only the right to use" SPSS software for the duration of the licensing period. Each licensing program is maintained and administered Software Licensing Services with each licensing program beginning December 1st (of the current year) and ending November 30th of the following year. This license is not pro-rated. For example: if you were to purchase the license two months before the end of the license year, you will be charged full price. If you want to continue to use the license for the next license year, you will be charged full price again.
Enrollment into this program can occur at anytime throughout the licensing period, HOWEVER all licensing programs will terminate on November 30th and all SPSS software will stop functioning soon after this date. The renewal period for the next licensing program period will start four (4) weeks prior to December 1st. The SPSS licensing programs available through the site license are described below:
- Department Licensing Program: provides licenses
for use in UF departments. This software can only be used by UF faculty,
staff, and students on computer systems owned and controlled by the
university. Computers under the control of the university include those
owned or leased by UF and those loaned to UF as part of a grant. The
Northeast Regional Data Center (NERDC) is not covered by this license.
Non-UF users of NERDC services must take out their own licenses through
the SPSS Inc.
- Employee Home-Use Agreement: is an extension of the Department Licensing Program. For each department license owned by a UF department, the chair, director, or dean (of that department) may designate one employee permission to use one copy of the SPSS software at home. Each Employee Home-Use agreement is directly tied to the ownership of the department license. The Employee Home-Use agreement and its associated department license MUST be registered to the same person. The Employee Home-Use agreement expires: 1) if the employee loses their employment with the university, 2) if the department license (that is bound to the Home-Use agreement) is not be renewed, 3) if the corresponding department license is not renewed, or 4) if the chair, director or dean rescinds permission to use the software.
Only offices, departments and colleges of the University of Florida can place orders. Administration of the license and its distribution is managed by Software Licensing Services. To obtain a license and additional information, print out the Order Form and follow the instructions within.
Obtaining the software
Once a license has been purchased, the software media may be obtained by:
- Buying a copy of the media (fill out the Order Form)
- Borrowing the media from Software Licensing Services (fill out the
Media Loan Form)
Updates for SPSS for Windows software can be downloaded from the following links: