Folding Forum

I recommend you use it for a while and after you've gained some experience see if you still feel as strongly about the issues as you do now. I don't think using it will ever make me feel differently about my view of proprietary versus open source software. I think the problem here is that am I faci...

... Which DC project doesn't use proprietary methods? Sure, the fah client is proprietary, but only acts as a file manager to download and upload work units. The fahcores that do all the processing are based on open source software. See Gromacs.org, and the like. See the Open Source FAQ on the proj...

Yes, There are various scripts that have been included in distributions that download the client and run it for you. But having to download the client every time you want wastes your time, the computer's time (which it could be using to fold), Stanford's bandwidth, and your bandwidth. It's simply no...

From http://folding.stanford.edu/English/License : Distribution of this software is prohibited. It may only be obtained by downloading from Stanford's web site (http://folding.stanford.edu and pages linked therein) or the web site of one of our commercial partners (Sony, NVIDIA, and ATI). I already...

The major problem I see with F@H is that the client is not redistributable. It is understandably not open source, but F@H binaries should be legally redistributable so they can be included in Linux distributions and such. What can be done to change this? Discuss?