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[McIDAS #HQQ-862596]: Download mcidas non-U.S user

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  • Subject: [McIDAS #HQQ-862596]: Download mcidas non-U.S user
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:03:03 -0700
Hi Mohamed,

I apologize for not responding to your inquiry before now!

re:
> i'm a student in meteorology from morocco and i want to download mcidas-x
> but i get error "You don't have permission to access to the file",
> when i search i found that non-U.S user must ask for more information
> from support.

Our license to distribute McIDAS-X with the owners of the software,
the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of
Wisconsin (UW) allows us to distribute our version of McIDAS-X freely
to U.S. universities.  We can also distribute our version of McIDAS-X
to non-U.S. universities as long as they agree to certain conditions
on use of McIDAS-X.  We are not licensed to distribute McIDAS-X to
individuals without first getting special permission from UW/SSEC.

Please ask someone from your department to request access
to Unidata McIDAS-X on your behalf.  When we receive that request, we
will send along the conditions that the owners of McIDAS, the University
of Wisconsin's Space Science and Engineering Center (UW/SSEC), require
us to impose on non-U.S. education sites before they can get access to the
software.

I apologize for the extra effort that it will take on your and your
department's part to get access to Unidata McIDAS-X, but there is
nothing we can do because of the license restrictions that UW/SSEC
has imposed on us.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HQQ-862596
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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