[Engineering] Balsamiq or Axure license

Thu Feb 25 21:33:18 UTC 2016

SWEET! Balsamiq just replied and gave me a free license! Here's the text
from their email to me:

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*deborah tankersley*
*Subject: Non Profit Request: deborah tankersley*
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*FEB 25, 2016  |  01:13PM PST *
*Joy McCrea replied:*

*Hello Deborah,*

*It’s my pleasure to give you the license below:*

*Product: Mockups 3 for Desktop for 1 user*

*Download: https://balsamiq.com/download <https://balsamiq.com/download>*

*LICENSE INFORMATION:*

*License Name: Wikipedia*

*License Key: ******

*This license is for use in your non-profit work. If you need Balsamiq
Mockups for commercial use, please purchase a license from our site.*

*By the way, we blogged about our software donation to do-gooders like
you: http://blogs.balsamiq.com/product/2009/08/13/donating/
<http://blogs.balsamiq.com/product/2009/08/13/donating/>*

*After you’ve been using Mockups for a while, we’d appreciate it if you
would take a look, and if you feel like it, we invite you to share your
story in the comments section.*

*Enjoy Balsamiq Mockups and thanks for the good you’re doing in the world!*
*Joy *
*--------------------------------------------- *
*Joy McCrea *
*Chief Operating Officer, https://balsamiq.com <https://balsamiq.com/> *
*Support: http://support.balsamiq.com <http://support.balsamiq.com/> *
*Sales: sales at balsamiq.com <sales at balsamiq.com> or +1 (415) 367-3531
<%2B1%20%28415%29%20367-3531> *
*We're good people, and we c*are.

--
Deb Tankersley
Product Manager, Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <
nwilson at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> We do not have a site license. I talked to OIT about this in Nov 2014, and
> neither they nor Design dept could find any evidence that we did have any.
> (Jared, Brandon, and Steven, had individually purchased licenses).
>
> Your options are:
> * Follow the instructions I put on officewiki, for requesting a non-profit
> license. (I hadn't tried it, but have been meaning to, and wrote those
> notes-to-self. It sounds like you tried it, and it hasn't been working. :< )
> * Write to OIT, and ask them to purchase a license for you. That was their
> advice.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Trevor Parscal <tparscal at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I know we used to have licenses, and I believe that IT manages them.
>> Maybe request it from techsupport at wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, February 25, 2016, Deborah Tankersley <
>> dtankersley at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Yup, I know that page well! I've sent an email to Balsamiq asking if I
>>> can get a free license as a non-profit, but I haven't heard back yet. :)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Deb
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Deb Tankersley
>>> Product Manager, Discovery
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Jan Drewniak <jdrewniak at wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Deb,
>>>>
>>>> There is a page on office wiki with some links to some of the tools we
>>>> use.
>>>>
>>>> https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Browser_testing_and_design_tools
>>>>
>>>> Balsamiq is on there, but I'm not sure about the login details for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Deborah Tankersley <
>>>> dtankersley at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know if the WMF has a license to use either Balsamiq
>>>>> <https://balsamiq.com/> or Axure <http://www.axure.com/>? I'd like to
>>>>> be able to sketch up some ideas for my roadmap and share them easily with
>>>>> my team.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Deb
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Deb Tankersley
>>>>> Product Manager, Discovery
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>
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>
>
> --
> Nick Wilson (Quiddity)
> Community Liaison
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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