I fell deeply sorrow for what happened to young Dr. Warren L. DeLano.
I will remember him for his great contribution to scientific
community. Although he made pymol a commercial software against
scientific spirit, pymol is still one of the best and most intuitive
graphic tools. God bless him and his family forever. Aidong
On Jan 9, 2010, at 8:06 AM, Thomas Stout wrote:
Greetings everyone --
It has been brought to my attention that a deal has been struck to
have Schrödinger assume responsibility for the continued development
and maintenance of PyMOL. Also, Jason Vertrees has agreed to join
Schrödinger to work in this capacity. Jason has been working
closely with Warren for the past several years as a co-developer and
is committed to carrying PyMOL forward in the same manner that
Warren intended. Schrödinger has committed to keeping PyMOL open-
source and operating in very much the same manner as under DeLano
Scientific. Their announcement as posted on the PyMOL web site is
included below.
Best regards,
Tom Stout
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ANNOUNCEMENT
On January 8, 2010 Schrödinger reached an agreement with the estate
of the late Dr. Warren L. DeLano to acquire PyMOL. Schrödinger will
take over continued development and maintenance, as well as support
and sales of PyMOL, including all current subscriptions. Schrödinger
will also continue to actively support the open-source community of
PyMOL.
Prior to Warren's tragic and unexpected passing, he had been working
closely with Schrödinger to progressively integrate PyMOL with
Schrödinger's graphical interface, Maestro. With a great sense of
humility, we will work hard to pick up as best we can where Warren
left off and will strive to honor his memory by continuing in the
spirit and tradition of PyMOL.
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