{"id":879,"date":"2025-02-19T10:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/?p=879"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:04:22","slug":"use-of-free-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/2025\/02\/use-of-free-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy on &#8220;free&#8221; software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/files\/2025\/02\/policy-free-software.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>If you are considering using &#8220;free&#8221; software on your UMSL computer, please be aware of the following UM System BPM 12004 policy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All IT and Telecom purchases, irrespective of dollar value and including no-cost items, must be reviewed and approved based on the requirements established by BPM 12004 and must meet all other unique IT\/Telecom-related requirements and technology standards in place at each business unit. All software must be approved by IT prior to use, <strong>even if the software is free.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IT approval is meant to ensure the software meets the legal, data and security standards for the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read more, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umsystem.edu\/ums\/policies\/general_administration\/it_telecommunications_purchases\">UM System BPM 12004 policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit a technology request, see <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.umsl.edu\/webapps\/ITS\/bpm12004\/index.cfm\">UMSL Technology Purchase Request<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are considering using &#8220;free&#8221; software on your UMSL computer, please be aware of the following UM System BPM 12004 policy: All IT and Telecom purchases, irrespective of dollar value and including no-cost items, must be reviewed and approved based on the requirements established by BPM 12004 and must meet all other unique IT\/Telecom-related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feb-2025","tag-software-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.umsl.edu\/itinsight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}