>I would really like to hear the other party, which is why I tried to list a >few possibilities under which the ccdc position would be understandable.
OK, I have contacted the CCDC for a statement, and they tell me that this is an issue that is being discussed between the interested parties, that their licensing rules are quite specific on "for-profit" use, and that they have already proposed a modest solution in keeping with their own not-for-profit status. They are informed of the statements made by individuals on this mailing list, but feel that on-going commercial negotiations are not a subject for public debate. Senior CCDC management, including the people in charge of the negotiations, are absent at meetings, and no further statement will be made until after the ACA meeting (26th July). I propose then that we stop this discussion on an issue that concerns on-going negotiations between commercial companies and get back to science. I have tried to joke about these things, but I am personally annoyed at this continual sniping at organisations that on a non-profit basis are providing an essential service to the international crystallographic community. Alan. Dr Alan W. Hewat, Diffraction Group Leader. Institut Laue-Langevin, BP 156X Grenoble FRANCE 38042 fax (33)4.76.20.76.48 tel (33)4.76.20.72.13 (or .26 Mme Guillermet) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ill.fr/dif/AlanHewat.htm ___________________________________________________________
