>> > yes, the Jmol scripting language was derived directly from RAS. it has, of > course, evolved considerably since then. :-D > > conceptually, the Rasmol software definitely inspired Jmol. actually, from my > perspective it was the closed-source nature of Chime that really got the Jmol > ball rolling. strictly speaking,
To the best of my recollection, Rasmol itself was open. MDL acquired this open source code and “wrapped it” into a closed-code Chime (I think they added data-base querying code which was proprietary to them). A third party involved was Glaxo, for whom Roger worked at the time. Only the MDL and Glaxo lawyers know exactly what the arrangement between them was. The connection between MDL/Chime and Netscape (who had written the browser plug-in architecture that Chime made use of) was partly geographical (< 30 km) and partly an article I had written (so its developers told me). > however, I don't recall any actual Rasmol code being migrated, since Rasmol > was written in C and Jmol in Java. I meant that presumably many of the algorithms, including the rendering code, were re-written into Java. > I imagine Miguel Howard would be the definitive authority on this topic, > though it's likely that Bob would know, too. >
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