DANA is a product of academic research, aimed at improving the professional practice of policy analysts. My interests are academic, not commercial. This means that I like to learn more about actor network analysis from people who use DANA, and obviously it also means that I like to get academic credit for my work on DANA. Therefore, you are free to use the DANA software, provided that you refer to me and my university whenever you present or publish results obtained through this use. If you earn money by doing actor network analysis, that's great. But you are not allowed to sell the DANA software, nor even to distribute copies to others at no charge, because this impedes my research of its use. If you want to share DANA with others, refer them to this web site and let them get their own copy. These conditions are stated in the license agreement that is displayed when DANA starts up.
Academics, students and professionals are encouraged to become active members of the DANA community. To obtain the DANA software, you must provide some personal information. I will not use this information for commercial purposes. I simply like to keep track of who may be using DANA, as this will allow me to conduct a survey at some future point in time.
| NOTE: | Unfortunately, many virus scanners block messages containing executable files, even when zipped. The DANA software is therefore no longer mailed directly to you. |
Upon completion of the form below, a message with a link that allows you to download the DANA software will be sent to you automatically by e-mail.
DANA is not a finished software product, but a "live" object of research. Depending on the time I can devote on its development, new versions of the DANA software will be released. The version number is displayed in the caption of the main window and consists of three numbers separated by dots, e.g., 1.0.2. The first number indicates the major version, the second number the minor version, and the third the release number. The release number will increase after minor changes (typically bug fixes) that do not add new functions to DANA. The minor version number will increase when new functions have been added and/or the user interface has been changed. As for the major version number, I do not expect this to change in the coming years...
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