[Cialug] Free Academic License... Not..

[jim kraai]

Area515 is an approved 501(c)3 non-profit, though the fact that it's not
widely known ... ohnevermind ...

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Brett Neese <brneese at brneese.com> wrote:

> Seems like a good reason to get involved with https://area515.org/,
> although I don't know if they have their 501(c)3 yet. :-)
>
> Brett Neese
> 563-210-3459
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
>
> > Nah, just volunteer for a non-profit organization in exchange for them
> > getting you the license.
> >
> > Lots of nonprofits need IT help.
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Todd Pierce <toddcpierce at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Experts on Everything,
> > >
> > > So, this is barely relevant besides that it's one of these things that
> > run
> > > on Linux/MySQL, but still, it has some licensing issues that some of
> you
> > > may have run into (and perhaps gotten around).
> > >
> > > There is this great software called Pathway Tools
> > > <http://bioinformatics.ai.sri.com/ptools/> used to access a fabulous
> > gene
> > > and metabolic pathways database called BioCyc <http://biocyc.org/>.
> The
> > > database is free but the Lisp API requires a free academic license.
> > >
> > > The academic license requires you to be a member of an academic or
> > > non-profit organization.  As has worked in the past, I made a case
> that I
> > > am an independent developer not working in a commercial capacity but
> the
> > > BioCyc guys didn't go for it.
> > >
> > > I'd hate to give up so easily.  Should I take a class at the local
> > > university and con them into using the software?  Find a biology
> student
> > to
> > > help?  Escalate it to higher people at SRI <https://www.sri.com/> who
> > make
> > > the stuff?  Start a non-profit?  Do you guys know anybody who is part
> of
> > a
> > > biology oriented non-profit organization who would share their
> software?
> > >
> > > -Todd
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