License Types

There are two license types available under which the Bernese GNSS Software can be obtained: research and commercial. The main distinction between these license types is the intended use of the software and the results obtained:

• The research license does not allow any commercial use of the software and results obtained with it.
  This license type is appropriate for universities or other institutions engaged in scientific research and education activities.
  This is a site license.
• The commercial license does allow commercial use of the software and results obtained with it.
  This license type is appropriate for companies or agencies, which intend to use the software and results obtained with it in commercial activities.
  The commercial license is available in two versions, unlimited and limited:
  • the limited license is a single workstation license and has a limit concerning the maximum possible number of parallel running processes, which is limited to 8 under this license. This may result in slower processing times compared to the other licenses.
  • the unlimited license is a site license and has no limit regarding the number of parallel running processes.

Licenses are permanent, they do not expire. Licenses may be upgraded (e.g. from limited to unlimited, or from research to commercial. See the following sections for the procedure to acquire a new license or for upgrading existing licenses.

Invoice Information

Before sending an order:

• check the requirements on your side for placing an order from us (University of Bern, Switzerland). The University of Bern is a state owned public education/research institution. As such, the University of Bern has tax-exempt status. You are not buying from a for-profit company. This fact may influence the requirements on your side. Please request possibly required certificates or similar at the latest when the order is placed.
• Your organisation may have requirements regarding the format and content of invoices (debitor tax ID, VAT Number, other codes, PO Number, etc. ). Be sure these are given in the order.
  For a default sample invoice from us, see: this PDF.

Research users

For research users we offer the software under the conditions described in this document (PDF).

• To obtain a new license and the current version of the software as a new user, please fill both forms:
  1. Order form (PDF) to order the software.
     In case your institution requires its own forms for purchases, we accept this as well.
     and
  2. EULA (PDF) to accept the EULA for using the Bernese GNSS Software.
  
  
• To upgrade your existing version of Bernese to the current one, use the software upgrade form (PDF) (no license change).
  
• To request a license change from research to one of the commerical license types, use the license change form (PDF). You will also have to accept the new EULA for commercial users (PDF).

Commercial users

For commercial users we offer the software under the conditions described in this document (PDF)

• To obtain a new license and the current version of the software as a new user, please fill both forms:
  1. Order form (PDF) to order the software.
     In case your institution requires its own forms for purchases, we accept this as well.
     and
  2. EULA (PDF) to accept the EULA for using the Bernese GNSS Software.
  
  
• To upgrade your existing version of Bernese to the current one, use the software upgrade form (PDF) (no license change).
  
• To request a change of your current limited commercial license to unlimited, use the license change form (PDF).

Notes

• Sending our orderforms filled and signed represents a legally binding order even if your organisation prescribes their own order form.
• The forms have to be signed by an authorized person of your institution and returned to the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern in electronic form. After we receive the signed form(s) we issue the invoice and deliverables.
• The software will be delivered via a file share service as an iso file, approx 1.5 Gb in size.
  
• Contact us prior to ordering in case you require physical shipment of the software, shipping charges apply.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding ordering or upgrading the Bernese GNSS Software, please contact us by email at Bernese Sales Support.

Postal address:
Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern
Sidlerstrasse 5
CH-3012 Bern