Some queries regarding licence for Visual Fortran Composer XE

[Evan_M_]

Hello, I am using ANSYS AUTODYN 14.5 which allows users to compile their own custom executable of the software with user subroutines. To do this, ANSYS list Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Intel Fortran 11.1 as being required software (I'm not sure if any other software works). I was able to procure VS08 through my university; for Fortran I was able to download "Intel Visual Fortran Compiler Professional 11.1.072" from the intel website and obtained a 30 day licence for Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE to activate it, and everything worked fine.

Unfortunately now my trial licence has expired, and I'm looking at the possibilitiy of buying a student licence. At the moment all I really need is to be able to recompile my program, because an attempt to compile it after the licence expired has replaced my formerly working executable with a broken one stuck in limbo that I can't do anything about.

I've tried to find information on this website and those of various resellers, but I've found a lot of information is scattered and difficult to locate, such that it's not been easy for me to figure out what I should be buying. I have consulted the FAQs but they've not been helpful in addressing the specific questions I have. Therefore I felt it better to ask here. Some queries I have are:

-How long does a student licence to use VFCXE last for? As far as I can tell the commercial licence to use the software seems to be indefinite, but access to support is renewable on a yearly basis. The reason I ask is the project I need it for lasts until the end of May (and I cease to be a university student at the end of June), so if I were able to buy a temporary licence for that period rather than paying more for a longer one, that would be beneficial.

-What discount is typically afforded to students (probably varies by reseller) and how would I go about procuring a student licence? All of the resellers I looked at only advertised commercial and academic licences, but as per the FAQs a student licence is not the same thing as an academic licence.

-To confirm (though I'm aware it may not be related to this subforum), is a licence for Intel Visual Fortran Composer XE the correct product to be buying in order to reactive my copy of Intel Fortran 11.1? Are there any alternatives that may be cheaper?

Thank you for your help.

[Hubert_H_Intel]

May be a free non-commercial license would also fit. Please check out the conditions here: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/non-commercial-software-faq

For Student license conditions please refer to this FAQ: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/sdp-student-faq

For all our education offerings, please refer to the webpage http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-education-offerings
Here you will find also ordering information for student licenses.

Does this help? If you have more questions, let me know.

Hubert.

[Hubert_H_Intel]

So you still need help? Regards, Hubert.

[Evan_M_]

Hello Hubert, thanks for your reply. Sorry I didn't respond, I've been considering my options. A non-commercial licence might not be right for me, not only do they all seem to be for linux only but as this project is necessary for completion of my undergraduate degree, I think this counts as me being "compensated" for my work in some way.

However, I see Intel Parallel Studio is offered to students at a reasonable price and includes Fortran. Are you able to confirm whether purchasing a licence for this package will be sufficient to reactivate my installed copy of Intel Visual Fortran Compiler Professional 11.1.072? If so then this will probably be a solution to my problem.

Many thanks
 

[Hubert_H_Intel]

Evan,

You can use a Non-commercial license as well as the free C++ Tools Student Edition tools (which run also under the non-commercial license) for your (under)graduate degreed work at the university.

The FREE  C++ Tools are available for Linux, OS X and Windows. For Fortran under Windows however you need to purchase a Student Edition license for $129. Please refer to: http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-education-offerings > STUDENT

For Fortran under Linux you can also use Parallel Studio XE for Linux from our non-commercial product offerings. Please refer to: http://software.intel.com/de-de/non-commercial-software-development

I hope this helps.

Hubert.