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misunderstandings about terms and conditions of such use.
Please read the following notice carefully. If you do not understand any
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in this package, please give credit where credit is due by citing this
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or equivalent primary references in the literature with the same authors.
Some of the software and documents included
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imply that any such rights have in any way been waived
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Even though the authors of the various documents
and software found here have made a good faith
effort to ensure that the documents are correct and
that the software performs according to its
documentation, and we would greatly appreciate
hearing of any problems you
may encounter, the programs and documents
any files created by the programs are provided
**AS IS** without any warranty as to
correctness, merchantability or fitness
for any particular or general use.
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CONSEQUENCES FROM THE USE OF PROGRAMS
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Subject to your acceptance of the conditions stated above, and your
respect for the terms and conditions stated in the notices below,
if you are not going to make any modifications or create derived works,
you are given permission to freely copy and distribute this package,
provided you do the following:
- 1. Either include the complete documentation, especially the file
NOTICE, with what you distribute or
provide a clear indication where people can get a copy of the
documentation; and
- 2. Give credit where credit is due citing the version and
original authors properly; and
- 3. Do not give anyone the impression that the original authors
are providing a warranty of any kind.
In addition, you may also modify this package and create derived works
provided you do the following:
- 4. Explain in your documentation how what you did differs from
this version of RasMol; and
- 5. Make your modified source code available.
RasMol 2.6 Notice
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does
not represent a commitment on the part of the supplier. This package is
sold/distributed subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of
trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated
without the supplier's prior consent, in any form of packaging or cover
other than that in which it was produced. No part of this manual or
accompanying software may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system on
optical or magnetic disk, tape or any other medium, or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal use.
This product is not to be used in the planning, construction, maintenance,
operation or use of any nuclear facility nor the flight, navigation or
communication of aircraft or ground support equipment. The author shall
not be liable, in whole or in part, for any claims or damages arising
from such use, including death, bancruptcy or outbreak of war.
The IUCr Policy
on
the Use of the Crystallographic Information File (CIF)
The Crystallographic Information File (Hall, Allen & Brown, 1991) is,
as of January 1992, the recommended method for submitting publications
to Acta Crystallographica Section C. The International Union of
Crystallography holds the Copyright on the CIF, and has applied for
Patents on the STAR File syntax which is the basis for the CIF format.
It is a principal objective of the IUCr to promote the use of CIF for
the exchange and storage of scientific data. The IUCr's sponsorship of
the CIF development was motivated by its responsibility to its
scientific journals, which set the standards in crystallographic
publishing. The IUCr intends that CIFs will be used increasingly for
electronic submission of manuscripts to these journals in future. The
IUCr recognises that, if the CIF and the STAR File are to be adopted
as a means for universal data exchange, the syntax of these files must
be strictly and uniformly adhered to. Even small deviations from the
syntax would ultimately cause the demise of the universal file
concept. Through its Copyrights and Patents the IUCr has taken the
steps needed to ensure strict conformance with this syntax.
The IUCr policy on the use of the CIF and STAR File processes is as
follows:
- 1. CIFs and STAR Files may be generated, stored or transmitted,
without permission or charge, provided their purpose is not
specifically for profit or commercial gain, and provided that the
published syntax is strictly adhered to.
- 2. Computer software may be developed for use with CIFs or STAR
files, without permission or charge, provided it is distributed in
the public domain. This condition also applies to software for
which a charge is made, provided that its primary function is for
use with files that satisfy condition 1 and that it is distributed
as a minor component of a larger package of software.
- 3. Permission will be granted for the use of CIFs and STAR Files for
specific commercial purposes (such as databases or network
exchange processes), and for the distribution of commercial
CIF/STAR software, on written application to the IUCr Executive
Secretary, 2 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England. The nature,
terms and duration of the licences granted will be determined by
the IUCr Executive and Finance Committees.
In summary, the IUCr wishes to promote the use of the STAR File
concepts as a standard universal data file. It will insist on strict
compliance with the published syntax for all applications. To assist
with this compliance, the IUCr provides public domain software for
checking the logical integrity of a CIF, and for validating the data
name definitions contained within a CIF. Detailed information on this
software, and the associated dictionaries, may be obtained from the
IUCr Office at 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England.
CBFlib V0.1 Notice
The following Diclaimer Notice applies to CBFlib V0.1, from which this
code is in part is derived.
- The items furnished herewith were developed under the
sponsorship of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S., nor the
U.S. D.O.E., nor the Leland Stanford Junior University, nor
their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or
assumes any liability or responsibility for accuracy,
completeness or usefulness of any information, apparatus,
product or process disclosed, or represents that its use will
not infringe privately-owned rights. Mention of any product,
its manufacturer, or suppliers shall not, nor is it intended
to, imply approval, disapproval, or fitness for any particular
use. The U.S. and the University at all times retain the right
to use and disseminate the furnished items for any purpose
whatsoever.
Notice 91 02 01
CIFPARSE Notice
Portions of this software are loosely based on the CIFPARSE software
package from the NDB at Rutgers university (see
http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/NDB/mmcif/software). CIFPARSE is part of
the NDBQUERY application, a program component of the Nucleic Acid
Database Project [ H. M. Berman, W. K. Olson, D. L. Beveridge, J. K.
Westbrook, A. Gelbin, T. Demeny, S. H. Shieh, A. R. Srinivasan, and B.
Schneider. (1992). The Nucleic Acid Database: A Comprehensive
Relational Database of Three-Dimensional Structures of Nucleic Acids.
Biophys J., 63, 751-759.], whose cooperation is gratefully
acknowledged, especially in the form of design concepts created by J.
Westbrook.
Please be aware of the following notice in the CIFPARSE API:
This software is provided WITHOUT WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED. RUTGERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE
SOFTWARE WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER
PROPRIETARY RIGHT.
| Copying and Distribution |
Contents |
Installation Instructions |
| Changes |
Things To Do |
Introduction |
Source Code and Binaries |
| RasMol Manual |
Release README |
Updated 27 March 1999.
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