Dear Colleagues,

   There is a nice pymol source code repository on sourceforge at

http://pymol.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pymol/

and you can make perfectly reasonable builds from that source.  I
append a copy of the license in that repository below.  The terms
are quite simple and reasonable.

   The debian pymol 1.2r2 release (with source tarball) is available
at http://packages.debian.org/unstable/pymol

   http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pymol/

has 1.1 and 1.2r2 kits.

Personally, I find the debian 1.2r2 kit the most useful one.

   If you don't go in for do-it-yourself, you should contact schroedinger
(see http://www.schrodinger.com/products/14/25/).  Try Jason Vertrees
([log in to unmask]).  I am sure he will reassure you
about not having to deal with the "copyright police."

   Regards,
     Herbert

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At 7:10 PM -0700 9/21/10, William G. Scott wrote:
>Hi Citizens:
>
>I have an invoice for a PyMol academic 3 year subscription through 
>March 31, 2011, invoice #2794.
>
>When I enter my subscription access credentials into the pymol.org 
>web server, nothing happens. 
>
>The source code is no longer at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/files/
>
>Bummer.
>
>A directory appears that is labelled "files_are_at_pymol_dot_org"
>
>The link at http://pymol.org/dsc/, which accepts my access 
>credentials, but does nothing, has the following text at the bottom:
>
>Open Source Project and Code
>PyMOL on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/.
>PyMOL Source Code on SourceForge: 
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/pymol/develop.
>
>I went in circles a couple of times before I realized I was lost in the woods.
>
>In fact, the only source-code I can find for pymol is on the fink 
>mirror, for the OS X fink package I have been maintaining, i.e.,
>
>http://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/pymol-1.3-src.tar.bz2
>
>Funny thing is, when I use this "open source" code to build pymol, 
>and fire the thing up, I get the attached splash screen that says 
>"Open-Source PyMOL(TM)" [sic] and then goes on to explain what I 
>just built is an "Executable Build available only to PyMOL Power, 
>Casual, and Developer Users who have a valid license ..."
>
>
>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Screen shot 2010-09-#80D52E.png 
>(PNGf/«IC») (0080D52E)
>
>
>Now, admittedly, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but all 
>this this has really left me scratching my head.
>
>I'd sure hate to be led off in handcuffs by the international 
>copyright police for building Open-Source PyMOL(TM).
>
>Ironically, I even paid for it.
>
>Or so I had thought.
>
>Peace and joy,
>
>Bill
>
>
>
>
>
>
>William G. Scott
>Professor
>Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
>and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA
>228 Sinsheimer Laboratories
>University of California at Santa Cruz
>Santa Cruz, California 95064
>USA
>
>phone:  +1-831-459-5367 (office)
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