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 **************************************************************************** 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: LCX-542933 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed
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