After searching the pymol site for two hours I'm still very confused
about the license issue. I understand that using (and from recently -
downloading) the binary PyMol package requires subscription. Now what
about the source code? May I compile it and use it without any
subscription? May I
Am Donnerstag, 9. November 2006 13:13 schrieb bgbg bg:
After searching the pymol site for two hours I'm still very confused
about the license issue. I understand that using (and from recently -
downloading) the binary PyMol package requires subscription. Now what
about the source code? May I
It is *not* the GPL. It is the Python license
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/
see also: http://www.python.org/doc/Copyright.html
I hit the send too quickly, anyways there is a fundamental difference
in that derivative works of pymol AFAIK can be made proprietary,
not that this would be
I noticed that Pymol has been packaged for Debian, so it certainly is
being widely redistributed. I have been hoping that someone would
submit RPMs to Fedora Extras... maybe I'll try to do it myself.
Mikko
Clarification: PyMOL is BSD-style open source code, not GPL.
May I re-distribute the compiled program?
Yes, but: The key condition of redistribution is that modified PyMOL code
(source or binary) must be plainly distinguished from the version DeLano
Scientific LLC maintains distributes.
Paul,
The 0.99rc7 binaries represent a modest improvement over 0.99rc6, and
contains mostly fixes. A subsequent 0.99rc8 release is anticipated in order
to address some known bugs in 0.99rc7.
Significant improvements in functionality, including 1D sequence alignment
visualization, hierachical
