Sorry for my misleading words.(-? I was just insisting that it's better be free, for the commercialization is a bit like VASP or win2k.
Plato > -----????----- > ???: "Nicola Marzari" <nicola.marzari at epfl.ch> > ????: 2012?4?12? ??? > ???: "Peng Tao" <ptao10b at imr.ac.cn> > ??: pw_forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org> > ??: Re: [Pw_forum] relativitic pseudopotential for Bi, PZ approximation > > > > Dear Plato, > > > the point is that QE is a free, open-source community project, a bit > like Linux (as opposed to, say, Windows or Mac) - the spirit is to try > and empower people to become electronic-structure researchers, > rather than users. > > Becoming an expert in pseudopotential generation (or any other > complex task of one's choice) makes someone a better scientist, > in this field. Of course, time is limited, and goals can be > different, so everyone is welcome to make whatever use of the > tool they wish for. > > Still, the world will be a more interesting place if everyone > asks oneself what they can do for the community, rather than > what the community can do for them (JFK, more or less). > > nicola > > > On 12/04/2012 03:33, Peng Tao wrote: > > It's a nice idea but the generation of pseudo is a boring and complicated > > work. The most important point is the market is too limited and researchers > > have the choice changing pwscf to VASP or win2k. Thus I am not sure about > > this deal. It is just my personal view and hope there would be pseudos > > available as many as possible. > > > > Plato Tao > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Nicola Marzari, Chair of Theory and Simulation of Materials, EPFL -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- PH.D. candidate Peng Tao Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Division National Laboratory for Material Science Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Phone +86-024-83978751 -------------------------------------------------------------------
