K.K. Liang,
Thanks for your comments. Like a handful of other modern
software companies, DeLano Scientific is pursuing a business model that
can work to promote Open-Source software as well as business success.
As far as I know, we are the only company with this goal in the
molecular modeling and visualization field, but there are others in the
scientific arena (e.g. Enthought, Inc.).
Just to be clear, sponsorship is an option, not a requirement.
You can use the Open-Source versions of the code without cost. However,
if you do sponsor the project through purchase of a perpetual license
and a renewable one-year subscription, then you get the added benefits
of support, upgrades, improving documentation, and access to Incentive
Products such as MacPyMOL (Jan 2004), for the duration of the
subscription.
DeLano Scientific LLC will provide a receipt for your purchase
that can be used for reimbursement, and which shows you the duration of
your subscription. Or if you'd like, you can have your university
directly purchase PyMOL from us using a purchase order on your behalf.
Please direct any further business questions to me directly
(war...@delanoscientific.com) since the user's list isn't really the
right place for these discussions.
Cheers,
Warren
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Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
DeLano Scientific LLC
Voice (650)-346-1154
Fax (650)-593-4020
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pymol-users-ad...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:pymol-users-
> ad...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Kuo-Kan Liang
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 4:53 AM
> To: pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [PyMOL] About licensing
>
> Dear Dr. DeLano and all PyMolers,
>
> In April I am moving to a group in Kyoto University working on a new
MD
> package.
> I will be in charge of much of the design of the system.
> In terms of visualization, my first pick is PyMol.
>
> I checked the PyMol webpage which I did not looked at carefully for a
> long time.
> (I was denied of protein researches in the past year....)
> I am very glad to see that we can now call PyMol from other Python
> programs,
> among other impressive improvements.
> It is also important to find that now PyMol has a licensing system.
> I really hope that this step will make PyMol a continually progressing
> program,
> in an even faster pace than before. That will bring us more wonders.
> Therefore, I promise that in April I will ask the new lab to spend
$500
> for PyMol.
> (This new MD package is supposed to be distributed over research
> institutes in Japan
> in several years. I hope that PyMol will dominate Japan with us,
too.)
>
> But what I did not find on the webpage is, whether DeLano company can
> issue
> formal receipt for the lab to get refund?
> Maybe it's a stupid question. There must be one.
> This is going to be the second year for me to stay in Japan.
> I have not been dealing with refunding, not to mention refunding after
> buying
> something through network from a company in the US.
> Please give me some ideas.
>
> Regards,
> K.K.Liang
>
>
>
>
>
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