Re: [ccp4bb] The CCP4 license is ambiguous

2007-07-04 Thread Tim Fenn
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:36:29 +0200 "George M. Sheldrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The SHELX license agreement has had an 'indemnity clause' in it > for the last 30 years and no-one has complained about it yet! See: > http://shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de/SHELX/applfrm.htm > I think the reason most fol

[ccp4bb] Off topic: where to order just miniprep columns?

2007-07-04 Thread D. Eric Dollins
Hello, Sorry for the off-topic question.Does anyone know a way to just buy the spin columns from the Qiagen (or similar) PCR clean up / Gel extraction / miniprep kits, without buying the entire kit? Our lab is deluged with buffer components but seem to be perpetually running out of the columns

[ccp4bb] modified nucleotides : CNS topology parameter files

2007-07-04 Thread Swanand Gore
Hello All, I need to know which top/par files to use in CNS to refine RNA structures with modified bases e.g. 1MG, PSU etc. If I download the corresponding files from HIC-Up, do I need to paste their contents into dna-rna.top ? do i need to change dna-rna.link file ? I would be very grateful if

Re: [ccp4bb] The CCP4 license is ambiguous

2007-07-04 Thread George M. Sheldrick
The SHELX license agreement has had an 'indemnity clause' in it for the last 30 years and no-one has complained about it yet! See: http://shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de/SHELX/applfrm.htm George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 4, D37077 Goett

Re: [ccp4bb] The CCP4 license is ambiguous

2007-07-04 Thread Kevin Cowtan
I was speaking imprecisely. I will try again. You cannot create a derived work containing both CCP4 6.* licensed code and GPL'd code, and distribute the resulting program, since the GPL demands that the derived work be distributed without additional restirctions and the CCP4 6.* license impose

Re: [ccp4bb] The CCP4 license is ambiguous

2007-07-04 Thread Charles Ballard
Ahh, yes. And this is the result of nearly 3 years of trying to square our desire to release the libraries under as open a license as possible, while the lawyers try and cover the organisation's backside in case someone wants to sue. I believe an attempt was made to ensure that third par