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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 18 2003 - 10:09:35 CDT

Dear Sean,
  The rules for re-using our source code are covered in the VMD/NAMD
licenses. The normal VMD/NAMD licenses say the following:

[lots of other important text that you need to read closely ommitted...]
...
Licensee may redistribute without restriction works with up to 1/2 of their
non-comment source code derived from at most 1/10 of the non-comment source
code developed by Illinois and contained in the Software, provided that the
above directions for notice and acknowledgement are observed.
...
[lots of other important text that you need to read closely ommitted...]

So, you can use up to 10% of the NAMD/VMD source code in your own programs
with the default VMD/NAMD license, as long as you follow the acknowledgement
and other rules the are described in the license text. If you have
something else in mind, that would require a special VMD or NAMD license
of some sort.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:53PM -0700, Sean Rathlef wrote:
> Dear Developers,
>
> Let me start by saying that I like your packages. I was wondering what the guidelines were for potential commercial users who wished to integrate some of the source code into their own applications.
>
> If you could please let me know who I should talk to, it would be most sincerely appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sean.
> Univeristy
>
>
>
>
> Syncitium Inc
> Sean Rathlef
> President & CEO
> Tel: (250) 245-0824
> syncitium1_at_yahoo.com
> sean_at_syncitium.net
> www.syncitium.net
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