Because the best things in life are free...
Oswaldo
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eduardo Gracia" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:35:16 AM
> Subject: [SIESTA-L] Why Siesta is Free?
> Hi everyone
>
>
> I've been working with Siesta and other codes since my PhD, now I
> recently start working in a full experimental research team. They
> asked me which software I use, and as expected, they didn’t know about
> Siesta and other codes such as Abinit, lammps (mainly free codes),
> etc.
>
>
> Then and interesting question comes, If these codes are good, why are
> they free (for academic purpose)?
>
>
>
> Personally, I didn’t ask that before, since for me it has been quiet
> natural that Siesta and other available codes are free, and we can
> also find support, new version, bug fixes, etc.
>
>
> So, right now I'm asking the same question to the developing team,
> Why Siesta is free?
>
>
> Regards
> Eduardo
