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As of the 95NOV release, patch level 2.0, ESO-MIDAS is available under the GNU General Public License. The short statement of the GNU license is included in every MIDAS file; the full text is included as a separate file in the ESO-MIDAS Release.

All source code, documentation, as well as binary copies of ESO-MIDAS (already installed and without sources) for specific systems can be retrieved from the

ESO-MIDAS anonymous ftp account

Manual pages, installation guides and other documentation are generally released together with the source code and can also be obtained from this ftp account. In some exceptional cases the release of the documentation can be delayed slightly.

Only in cases where no possibility exist to retrieve ESO-MIDAS via the network ESO may sent the release on magnetic or optical media. Requests for this service, which must include the format of the medium, can be sent to:

  
  European Southern Observatory
  Data Management Division
  Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 2
  D 85748 Garching bei Müchen
  GERMANY

As with the main release, patches, new applications, updates of the documentation, etc. will be made available on the above mentioned anonymous ftp account. They will announced via the various communication channels to the User's community and described in the ESO-MIDAS Web page on Support and Information Services. MIDAS sides are also recommended to check for the existence of new paches in the relevant README file on our anonymous ftp account on a regular basis.

If the use of the ESO-MIDAS system for data reduction is acknowledged it is recommended to refer to the specific ESO-MIDAS version used, e.g. 95NOV, in the acknowledgement.

Comments on this screen can be sent to eso-midas <midas@eso.org>
Last update: Feb 23, 1996