On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 03:27:19PM -0600, Malcolm Cook wrote : > if you're working with ABI traces, see > https://products.appliedbiosystems.com/ab/en/US/adirect/ab?cmd=catNavigate2&catID=600583&tab=Overview > for > > The free Sequence Scanner Software enables you to view, edit, print and > export sequence data generated using the Applied > Biosystems Genetic Analyzers. The software generates graphically expressive > reports on results. >
Dear Malcolm, Thank you for the link, but this software is closed source, which means that it is impossible to package it for Debian. It also forbids some commercial applications, and I intend to focus on software which allows for-profit usage, because for-profit activities are what we spend most of our time in our adult lives. Free software meets this requirements (open source and unrestricted usage). By the way, if you do not mind closed source software and own a macintosh, you can have a look to 4peaks [1], which is the coolest trace viewer ever made. It is based on a free library from the Staden package, which allows derivatives to be distributed without the source code. The existence of this program supports to the idea that by packaging EMBOSS and Staden, which provide low-level C libraries [2], we could hope motivating open-source programmers to create free alternatives oriented towards the end-user (trev, from the Staden package, is maybe more for the power user who sequences routinely kilobases). [1] http://www.mekentosj.com/4peaks/ [2] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianBioinformaticsLibraries Best, -- Charles Plessy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
