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>From: gvidaurr <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Nevada-Reno >Keywords: 200412031828.iB3IS0lI007298 LDM GEMPAK Hi German, >I am planning to install LDM and GEMPAK at the University of Nevada, >Reno, Physics department. The network chief is wondering is there is >any license requirement. There are no licensing agreements for either LDM or GEMPAK. We want people to register with the Unidata web site and get the packages through its download facilities, however. >Also, we understand that the software use is >100% free and no fee will added later. I just want to confirm all this >and verify is we need a license. Yes, the software use is 100% free. >He is also considering to install the software in a machine with a >FreeBSD OS and a compiler gcc. He is afraid it can cause some >problems. Do you think it will work or better go for another machine? There are some know LDM issues under FreeBSD 5.[23]. We will be trying to sort these out in the coming days. We routinely run under FreeBSD 4.[89], and both the LDM and GEMPAK run great! >Are the GEMPAK requirements the same for the LDM? No, not quite. Please check out the list of binary GEMPAK distributions that are available. The LDM will run on all platforms for which we provide GEMPAK binary distriubtions. >I appreciate any insights. You can contact me or you can also contact >the network chief Bill Webster at > >(775) 784-6535 >address@hidden We can talk about this if you feel it is needed, but I don't think you are looking at any potential problems _unless_ you are going to try to use FreeBSD 5.[23]. In that case, we would have to advise you to either use a different OS or a different (older) version of FreeBSD. >Looking forward to hearing from you >-- >German Vidaurre >Atmospheric Sciences Program, UNR >Desert Research Institute >2215 Raggio Parkway >Reno, NV 89512-1095 >phone: (775) 674-7085; fax: (775) 674-7007 >email: address@hidden Cheers, Tom Yoksas -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.