From akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua Thu Dec 19 10:10:41 1996 Received: from pegas.carrier.kiev.ua for akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id KAA02464; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:03:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.193.193.101]) by pegas.carrier.kiev.ua (8.8.2-MVC-281096/8.Who.Cares/Open) with ESMTP id RAA02793; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:02:24 +0200 (EET) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/1) with UUCP id RAA00588; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:02:15 +0200 (EET) Received: from netmaster (akhavr@loopback [127.0.0.1]) by netmaster.compchem.kiev.ua (8.8.2/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA04269; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:54:56 +0200 Sender: akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua Message-ID: <32B9573A.2FDAD57A@compchem.kiev.ua> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:54:50 +0200 From: Andrey V Khavryutchenko Organization: Computational Chemistry Group X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.23 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "James J. P. Stewart" CC: CHEMISTRY@www.ccl.net Subject: Re: MOPAC 7 and MOPAC 93 References: <199612161535.IAA12855@cougar.iti2.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit James J. P. Stewart wrote: > > Recently there have been several messages regarding possible > errors in MOPAC 7. These errors were revealed at run-time. > > I would like to reiterate: MOPAC 7 is NOT intended for production > work. It should NOT be used by users. It is intended to be a > public-domain source of code for program developers. > Due to this statement, I've got the question. What is the copyright status of MOPAC7. Or more preciselly, where can I use its code? As it is stated in the beginning of aababc.f: C C Notice of Public Domain nature of this Program C C 'This computer program is a work of the United States C Government and as such is not subject to protection by C copyright (17 U.S.C. # 105.) Any person who fraudulently C places a copyright notice or does any other act contrary C to the provisions of 17 U.S. Code 506(c) shall be subject C to the penalties provided therein. This notice shall not C be altered or removed from this software and is to be on C all reproductions.' C Does this means I can use this code anywhere I want? Can I sell it or the code, derived for it? Or, possibly, only use it for non-commercial purposes? Any hint will be helpfull. > There are about 300 to 400 known errors in MOPAC 7. The errors that > users have reported are known bugs. > Are they listed somewhere for public access? > Many users have asked for bug-fixes for MOPAC 7. These requests will not > be honored. MOPAC 7 is not supported code. If users elect to use > a program that is known to be buggy, and which is not supported, then > user beware - a lot of time has been unecessarily wasted by using MOPAC 7. > Please, respond directly to me (akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua). If there will be requests, I will post the summary. Thanks. SY -- Andrey V Khavryutchenko akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua Interests: Computational Chemistry, OOA&OOP, The Net From ccl@www.ccl.net Thu Dec 19 22:10:47 1996 Received: from bedrock.ccl.net for ccl@www.ccl.net by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id VAA13908; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 21:22:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from enws05.cagd.eas.asu.edu for farin@enws05.cagd.eas.asu.edu by bedrock.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id VAA23132; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 21:22:04 -0500 (EST) Received: (from farin@localhost) by enws05.cagd.eas.asu.edu (8.6.10/8.6.9) id TAA15435 for chemistry@ccl.net; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 19:39:39 -0700 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 19:39:39 -0700 From: Gerald Farin Message-Id: <199612200239.TAA15435@enws05.cagd.eas.asu.edu> To: chemistry@ccl.net ******************************************* * * * WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT * * * * Voronoi Diagrams, * * Triangulations, * * Splines * * * * Arizona State University * * Tempe, Arizona * * Feb. 19-21, 1997 * * * ******************************************* A three day Workshop will be held in Tempe, AZ (Arizona State University) on February 19-21, 1997. The workshop goals are to bring together researchers and practitioners of Voronoi diagrams, Delaunay triangulations, and multivariate splines from various scientific fields including biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, together with computational scientists and engineers in the areas of combinatorial geometry, computer-aided geometric design, computational algebraic geometry, computer graphics, data visualization, image processing and mesh generation. The diversity of attendees should generate several exciting cross-disciplinary results, and should also help researchers in finding new collaborative opportunities. This is the first attempt at bringing together such a variety of researchers and thus constitutes a unique interdisciplinary effort. The Workshop shall be limited to 50 participants. The Workshop structure will be to hold talks on the main topic areas. The main emphasis is placed on the computational aspects of geometric problems that arise in the generation and manipulation of Voronoi diagrams, and its dual, and in spline formulations over these spatial subdivisions.Research contributions ranging from theoretical results in algorithm design, sequential or parallel, to application research practices and experiences in the above-mentioned areas are welcome. Admissions to the workshop may be made both by potential speakers and non-speaking attendees. Potential speakers will be given a preference. A limited number of speakers will be selected from the submitted. Attendees are expected to be present for the entire Workshop and to actively contribute. Persons desiring to talk at the Workshop should submit a talk abstract (1 page) and a bio (1/2 page) electronically to Gerald Farin at the email address (farin@asu.edu) and making the email subject "Admission to Voronoi Workshop." The talk abstract should focus on research issues in one of the workshop sub-topics. Since the Workshop will be limited to a maximum of 50 persons, we will select attendees based on the applicability of the proposed talk and background in the field. Again, it is not necessary to offer to give a talk to attend the Workshop, but potential speakers will have priority for attending. Workshop talks should focus on research at a high level, i.e. current research) and future research issues. We estimate twenty-five minutes per selected talk. We expect to have NSF funds for this workshop to support junior researchers. If you need such assistance, please indicate. Organizing committee: C. Bajaj bajaj@cs.purdue.edu H. Edelsbrunner edels@macchiato.cs.uiuc.edu G. Farin farin@asu.edu Workshop Site Information Place: Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, AZ Dates: Feb 19-21, 1997 Registration Fee: $75. Admission: By application per above Application for Admission due date: Jan. 7, 1997 Notification Date for Attendees: Jan. 15, 1997 Hotel Information: Rooms have been reserved at a hotel near the ASU Campus. This information will be provided to those accepted to the Workshop Travel Information: ASU, in Tempe, AZ, is a short drive/cab ride from the Phoenix airport. Tentative Program Workshop location: ASU Computing Commons Auditorium Wednesday 2-19 {} 10:00 Opening remarks: R. Barnhill (ASU VP Research)\\ 10:15 Welcome and logistics: G. Farin\\ 10:30 - 12:00 presentations\\ 12:00 - 1:30 lunch (Memorial Union)\\ 1:30 - 3:00 presentations\\ 3:00 3:30 coffee break\\ 3:30-5:00 presentations\\ 7:00 - 9:00 Reception (University Club) Thursday 2-20 {} 8:30 - 10:0 presentations\\ 10:00 - 10:30 coffee break\\ 10:30 - 12:00 presentations\\ 12:00 - 1:30 lunch (Memorial Union)\\ 1:30 - 3:00 presentations\\ Friday 2-21 {} 8:30 - 10:0 presentations\\ 10:00 - 10:30 coffee break\\ 10:30 - 12:00 presentations\\ 12:00 - 1:30 lunch (Memorial Union)\\ 1:30 - 3:00 presentations\\ All presentations will be 25 min + 5 min for discussions (tentative). The Computing Commons Auditorium provides state of the art presentation equipment.