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20020426: 20020415: GEMPAK for non-Unidata organizations

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  • Subject: 20020426: 20020415: GEMPAK for non-Unidata organizations
  • Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:15:25 -0600
Art,

Garp is part of the GEMPAK tar file on the web portal. It is
subject to the same usage policy acceptance. 

Steve Chiswell



>From: "Arthur A. Person" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200204261544.g3QFira18149

>
>Is the below also true for COMET's "garp"?
>
>                         Thanks.
>
>                           Art.
>
>On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Unidata Support wrote:
>
>> >From: "Arthur A. Person" <address@hidden>
>> >Organization: PSU
>> >Keywords: 200204152004.g3FK4Ca06607 GEMPAK register download
>>
>> Art,
>>
>> >Was wondering if gempak is still closed software in terms of licensing or
>> >whether it has entered the freeware domain (yet?)...
>>
>> GEMPAK, while remaining fully copyrighted, is now freely available to
>> all users.  Non-Unidata sites, however, are not entitled to, nor will
>> they receive support for GEMPAK from the UPC.  We encourage such users
>> to sign-up for the gembud email list that we maintain and pose their
>> questions to Unidata community GEMPAK users where they may or may not
>> get the help that they seek.
>>
>> >Where can I find
>> >information (non-Unidata) about gempak licensing by third parties?
>>
>> I would look through NCEP web sites (do a Google search) to find
>> information about possibly getting GEMPAK from them.  I don't think
>> you will find much, however.
>>
>> >Is it
>> >true that only Colleges and Universities can use Unidata version, or is
>> >there a way for other organizations to use the Unidata version?
>>
>> The distribution of the Unidata version is no longer restricted.  In
>> order to get the Unidata version, however, we require users to first
>> register as a Unidata user.  This is easily done through the GEMPAK
>> HomePage that Chiz maintains:
>>
>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak
>>
>> The 'Register as a Unidata User' link will take one to:
>>
>> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/user.php?op=new_user
>>
>> Registration allows us to keep track of who is downloading the packages
>> that we support.  This is important for not only our own use, but also
>> for reporting back to the GEMPAK development group in NCEP.
>>
>> As I noted above, we will not support non-Unidata sites in any phase
>> of the package's use: download, building, configuration, use, etc.
>>
>> >Does NCEP
>> >actively license the software or is it still available through a third
>> >party?
>>
>> As far as I know, the former distribution mechanisms for GEMPAK (e.g.,
>> Cosmic) no longer exist.
>>
>> Tom Yoksas
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>
>Arthur A. Person
>Research Assistant, System Administrator
>Penn State Department of Meteorology
>email:  address@hidden, phone:  814-863-1563
>