On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 23:21:33 -0700 Tim Fenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I think the reason most folks have problems with the licensing on the
> ccp4 *libraries* is that the ccp4 format for maps and reflection files
> should be an *open* format - the way it stands now, without writing
> your own library to access ccp4 files (and this is where ambiguity
> sets in and I find the CCP4-type license completely lacking - can I
> look at the source code from CCP4 and develop my own library based on
> what I learn from the code? Does it also matter if I'm a commercial
> versus academic user?), there is *no way* you can redistribute a
> program that depends on CCP4 formatted files without simply including
> said program in the CCP4 distribution.
My apologies - this was overzealous and incorrect - although its still
rather difficult to get the CCP4 libraries in a distributable form,
since the license that covers the libraries aren't OSI/FSF approved.
-Tim
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