A stand-alone license is physically plugged into the computer that will run BVA2. This is the typical use case when a single person at a time is processing data. Whereas, a network license is plugged into one computer, and provided that the firewalls are configured properly, the other computers in the lab area can access the license(s). This is very useful when you have multiple lab members working in one office or lab area on the same sub-network. The network license could have a single seat on it, so only one lab member at a time can run BVA2. Or it could have N multiple seats on it, so N different lab computers (including the server itself) can run BVA2 concurrently.  If you have more questions about our software please reach out to our Scientific Consultant team and we will be happy to answer your questions.