I'd like to add the under-underdog then, Tim Fenn's povscript+
https://sites.google.com/site/timfenn/povscript. Makes really clear and
nice figures and is rather simple to compile. For the most part you do
not even need a mouse to use it ...
Michael
On 23.04.2014 18:21, mark.x.brooks wrote:
And to stick up for the underdog, try Chimera from UCSF, which also
has been coming along nicely (understatement!):
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/
Mark
On 23 Apr 2014, at 17:48, Jim Fairman <fairman....@gmail.com
<mailto:fairman....@gmail.com>> wrote:
To the best of my knowledge the source code is still available on
Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/
You should be able to compile binaries for the OS of your choice from
there.
That being said, CCP4MG has been coming along nicely in recent years
- at this point I'm 50:50 between Pymol and CCP4MG for making figures
for presentations/papers.
Cheers, Jim
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Cygler, Miroslaw
<miroslaw.cyg...@usask.ca <mailto:miroslaw.cyg...@usask.ca>> wrote:
Hi,
I have inquired at Schrodinger about the licensing for PyMol. I
was surprised by their answer. The access to PyMol is only
through a yearly licence. They do not offer the option of
purchasing the software and using the obtained version without
time limitation. This policy is very different from many other
software packages, which one can use without continuing licensing
fees and additional fees are only when an upgrade is needed. At
least I believe that Office, EndNote, Photoshop and others are
distributed this way.
I also remember very vividly the Warren’s reason for developing
PyMol, and that was the free access to the source code. He later
implemented fees for downloading binary code specific for one’s
operating system but there were no time restrictions on its use.
As far as I recollect, Schrodinger took over PyMol distribution
and development promising to continue in the same spirit. Please
correct me if I am wrong.
I find the constant yearly licensing policy disturbing and will
be looking for alternatives. I would like to hear if you have had
the same experience and what you think about the Schrodinger policy.
Best wishes,
Mirek
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