[TCOD] What structures do we accept to TCOD?

[Stefaan Cottenier]

> This is not to say that they are doing anything bad or not useful under
> special circumstances, but we may not/can not reuse the MP data for
> TCOD, so it is of little use for us.

Hello Saulius,

I was not suggesting we could possibly reuse the MP data, I only wanted 
to warn that we are not the only/first ones who ponder about translating 
for-pay crystallographic info into the not-for-pay area.

I know your sensitivities ;-), but personally I'm not too much concerned 
by these privacy issues. Money can be a barrier for progress, so I like 
scientific information to be accessible without paying. But if a 
supplier of scientific information asks me some information in return 
instead of money, I don't care. Even if it would trigger direct 
marketing (I wish them good luck when trying to direct-market me -- I 
delete every morning >50% of the new emails without reading them at all).

Of course, I prefer to contribute to projects that are maximally open. 
But I know that in the world in which we live many scientists face 
constraints that prevent them to make their data as open as you wish. 
And I will not deliberately keep myself unaware about their knowledge 
just because I want to protect my google profile ;-)

And now I shut up about this issue, as it is going to be off-topic as 
far as the TCOD mailing list is concerned.

Best,
Stefaan