ssNMR Distribution

Downloading the software

• Description:F A software package that allows the user to use orientational data (chemical shifts and dipolar couplings) from solid-state NMR in macromolecular refinement. Implemented as a module to the refinement program CNS. This software is described in detail in Bertram et al., "Atomic Refinement Using Orientational Restraints from Solid-State NMR", J. Magn. Reson., vol. 147, pp. 9-16, 2000.
• 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. ssNMR 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.
• Distribution: For WWW distribution, licensed users will be provided with a password so that they can copy a compressed tar file. Before clicking on  ssNMR.tar.gz be sure to set the Options of your WWW browser to Load to local disk and save the file in the parent directory where ssNMR is to be installed. The package can then be installed with the commands gunzip ssNMR.tar.gz; tar xvpf ssNMR.tar. Further details are given in the README file.