price), people would be put off to learn about it. And I think that good scientific software should be free, simply because people should not be ignorant to science. Personally, I would prefer a free alternative that works as good and doesn't look as ugly as Rasmol (but I can't find one).
It's your choice to pay or a software or use an "outdated" version or not to use it at all. I am not judging it, but just simply pointing it out.
PYMOL FREE VERSION MANUALS
You have to pay to download the latest binary and for the manual, and they discourage people to share the binary of pre-compiled Pymol.Īccording to The Free Software Definition (), one of the essential freedom is "The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).", and "The freedom to redistribute copies must include binary or executable forms of the program, as well as source code, for both modified and unmodified versions."Īlso, "Software manuals must be free, for the same reasons that software must be free, and because the manuals are in effect part of the software."įor more, is not free as in "free speech". Well, it's an open source project, and it's free to download the latest source code, only the binary of an "outdated" version can be downloaded for free.
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