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> 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> >> 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 > > > > -- > Jim Fairman, Ph D. > Crystal Core Leader I > Emerald Bio > Tel: 206-780-8914 > Cell: 240-479-6575 > E-mail: fairman....@gmail.com jfair...@embios.com
