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Hi Adia, re: > I tried to download the McIDAS meteorology application software but > I was restricted. I have been a member of the unidata community since > my undergraduate days. I wish to analyze meteosat data and searching > through I found I can use the McIDAS application software. Th problem is due to restrictions in our license to distribute McIDAS placed on us by the package's owner, the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In particular, we can provide McIDAS-X to educational institutions only, and non-U.S. educational institutions must agree to the terms listed below in order to be allowed access to McIDAS-X from Unidata. The following is some boilerplate that I am required to send to non-.edu folks who seek to download McIDAS from us. In order for you to be granted access to Unidata McIDAS, we need you to send back a statement affirming the items listed below. Unidata has long been licensed by the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) of the University of Wisconsin at Madison to distribute our version of McIDAS, Unidata McIDAS, to educational institutions. In the fairly recent past, SSEC refined their definition of allowable use of McIDAS at institutions outside of the U.S. and for individuals. Users from non-U.S. educational sites are typically recognized by their email addresses not ending in '.edu'. I am required to have prospective McIDAS users read and agree to the following: SSEC considers permissible users of the international university community to be those who are using McIDAS-X for academic classroom instruction or academic research by students related to obtaining a degree. Research institutes and government agencies that use McIDAS-X for meteorological research or operations must purchase a license from SSEC for the non-academic use. Given this clarification, and if Unidata users remain within the licensing terms that include no re-distribution of any portion of the software, SSEC is agreeable to providing this software to the international university Unidata user community. Given the above position, we need a clear statement from you that specifies _all_ of the following: - you are accessing McIDAS from Unidata for use in a university; please provide the name of the department and university that the download is intended for - McIDAS must be used for academic classroom instruction or academic research by students related to obtaining a degree - your installation of McIDAS is not for use by a government agency, non-academic research institute, or private concern - you agree that you will not re-distribute any portion of the software As soon as you can state that your use of Unidata McIDAS will conform to the terms listed above, we will add the email address: address@hidden to the list that allows downloading of Unidata McIDAS. I apologize for the difficulty in getting access to Unidata McIDAS-X, but our hands are tied by the licensing restrictions. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CWC-204890 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed