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[McIDAS #LCX-542933]: McIDAS Access
- Subject: [McIDAS #LCX-542933]: McIDAS Access
- Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:35:42 -0600
Hi Ashford,
re:
> My names is Ashford Reyes and I am a student studying weather forecasting
> at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology which is an
> affiliate of the University of the West Indies.
It is good to meet you (if only electronically).
> I write to you asking you to consider granting me permission to access and
> download McIDAS so as to enable me to use the software at the school and
> to assist in my learning experience. I wish to utilize the software
> package at the school in a number of ways so as to get other students and
> myself involved in many projects and the use of McIDAS.
This sounds like a very good use of McIDAS!
In order to allow non-'.edu' users (users whose email addresses do not end
in '.edu') have access to our distribution of McIDAS-X, we are required by
SSEC, the owners/developers of McIDAS, to have those users 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.
So, we need a clear statement from you that specifies all of the following:
- you are accessing McIDAS from Unidata for use in a university
- 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
> I thank you in advance for you consideration and I do look forward to a
> favourable response from you that would assist me and my fellow colleagues
> in promoting and understanding the science of Meteorology through the use
> of the McIDAS software package.
As soon as you state that your use of Unidata McIDAS will conform to the items
above, we will add your address@hidden email address to the list that allows
downloading of Unidata McIDAS.
I apologize for the hassle in granting you access to Unidata McIDAS!
Cheers,
Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LCX-542933
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed