Even Armel and I have to pay to eat...
And a brain works better if the stomach is not empty...
So, this story may have convinced you that people working on proteins are lucky with that open PDB database, that people working on nucleic acids are lucky with that open NDB database, that people working on minerals are lucky with that open AMCSD database, and that you are unlucky to depend on CSD and ICSD (and worst, to depend on ICDD).
It may be time to admit that depositing your data to CSD and ICSD is not sufficient : continue to do so but also send a copy of your CIF files to the open COD database. This is legal.
Best regards,
Armel http://www.crystallography.net/
