Georgia Tech has a campus wide site license for VMware products that will expire on Friday, November 12, 2010. Georgia Tech has been trying to negotiate a new contract with VMware but the negotiations have stalled. If Georgia Tech is unable to negotiate a new contract agreement or an extension to the current contract then the Office of Information Technology (OIT) will remove all VMware products from the OIT software distribution site (http://software.oit.gatech.edu/) on November 12, 2010. VMware products registered before November 12, 2010 will continue to be licensed and eligible for software updates (patches) however they will not be eligible for point upgrades (e.g. you could not upgrade from v7.1 to v7.2). If you are planning on installing any of the VMware site licensed products you must register the serial number of the system, download the software, and install it prior to November 12, 2010. The key points to remember are:

1. The software can only legally be installed on systems whose serial numbers have been registered prior to November 12, 2010.
2. The software must be installed before November 12, 2010.
3. After November 12, 2010 all software will continue to work and will be eligible for updates but not upgrades.
4. All this may change pending a new contract or a contract extension.