Dear Warren,
I could not agree more with Mark and Dirk. I recently received my "PyMOL
Subscription Renewal" email from DeLano Scientific, and I must admit I
will not renew my subscription, and for only one reason; the
documentation is not up-to-date! Especially since (according to the
Manual page on the PyMOL web site, see below) the manuals are
"Incentives Products" designed to spur sponsorship. Well, in my case,
the manuals have resulted in the withdrawal of my sponsorship for a
product that is otherwise excellent!
Sincerely,
Stéphane
From http://pymol.sourceforge.net/html/index.html :
*The PyMOL manuals are undergoing revision and reorganization.* Because
of the resources required to accomplish this, we have decided to make
new versions of the PyMOL manual available as /*Incentive Products*/,
designed to spur sponsorship which can make improved documentation possible.
*PyMOL Incentive Manuals are only "free" for a one-year evaluation.* By
the time your first year is up, we will trust you to have purchased a
PyMOL maintenance or support subscription
<http://www.pymol.org/funding.html>, in order to secure a continued
right to use these manuals and other Incentive Products. We settled on
this particular approach because it seems like the best way of
encouraging sponsorship without significantly limiting anyone's ability
to learn and apply the software. However, please don't wait a year to
begin sponsoring the project if you're willing to sponsor it today!
*Note that these terms only apply to PyMOL manuals and other Incentive
Products, but not to Open-Source PyMOL software, * which itself remains
available under an open-source license, without mandatory costs. It will
always be FREE to download, compile, and use Open-Source PyMOL.
*This arrangement is on the "honor" system.* If you do your part to
sponsor the project, then you will have access to all PyMOL products. If
not, then we ask you to /willingly/ refrain from taking advantage of
PyMOL Incentive Products, except for evaluation purposes.
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Professeur agrégé, biochimie et CREFSIP
3255 pavillon Marchand
Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4
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