RSRef2000 Distribution

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Downloading the software

• Description: Software that allows a user to do local real-space simulated annealing refinement with X-ray data. Details are given in Korostelev et al. "Simulated-annealing real-space refinement as a tool in model building", Acta Cryst. D58: 761-767, 2002. Features and uses of RSRef2000 are summarized in a Portable Document Format (pdf) file.
• License agreement: A Portable Document Format (pdf) copy of a license agreement that may be printed locally and returned to initiate distribution, or digitally signed and returned by e-mail. RSRef is distributed at no cost over the internet to not-for-profit academic institutions. A license agreement can be downloaded, signed and returned for a password to download the programs. Licenses with commercial entities are agreed on a case-by-case basis. Pending execution of a permanent license agreement, users at for-profit institutions can request temporary permission to evaluate the program by sending e-mail to the authors.
• Documentation The introductory and program manual pages that describe the program package, installation etc..
• Distribution: For WWW distribution, licensed users will be provided with a password so that they can copy a compressed tar file. Before clicking on RSRef2000.tar.zip be sure to set the Options of your WWW browser to Load to local disk and save the file in the parent directory where RSRef2000 is to be installed. The package can then be installed with the commands gunzip RSRef2000.tar.gz; tar xvpf RSRef2000.tar. Further details are given in the Installation manual page.