From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Mon Feb 27 17:47:01 2006 From: "Konrad Hinsen konrad.hinsen|-|cea.fr" To: CCL Subject: CCL: software or online server to predict protein flexibility Message-Id: <-31021-060227155431-18639-nHPyYdWWtxulPztN1lS1Hw(0)server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Konrad Hinsen" Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:54:25 -0500 Sent to CCL by: "Konrad Hinsen" [konrad.hinsen!A!cea.fr] On 27.02.2006, at 21:12, David van der Spoel spoel{:}xray.bmc.uu.se wrote: >I had an idea some time ago that could help to insure ourselves from >problems related to patents. If there were a repository for software >that is in a public place, like a scientific journal (e.g. JCC or JCTC), >where one could upload new versions of the code (together with a >one-page description of the software) then there would be a public >track-record of software that can be used in patent-cases as proof of >prior art. Of course the software needs to be under a license that >allows redistribution. Simultaneously this would be a great source of >information. >How would you feel about contributing to something like this? I gather >that if there is enough support from the community we could convince one >of the journals to do something like this. The French CNRS proposes such a repository: http://ciel.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ As far as I can see, its use is not restricted to the French research community, but for the moment most of the site is available in French only. All my published software is in there. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Konrad Hinsen Laboratoire Leon Brillouin (CEA-CNRS), CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Tel.: +33-1 69 08 79 25 Fax: +33-1 69 08 82 61 E-Mail: konrad.hinsen#,#cea.fr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------