PyMOL Sponsorship Request Letter

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Dear Potential Sponsor,

Please sponsor PyMOL by purchasing a subscription covering your usage of the software. The effects of your purchases will be cumulative and directly measured by PyMOL's ever-increasing capabilities. Every useful feature we can release under an open-source license permanently expands the foundation of software code which will support future scientific, medical, and educational advances.

All software requires equipment, time, resources, and hard work to create. To offset such expenditures, you can either (1) continue paying substantial license fees for Proprietary Solutions intended to maximize vendor profits, or (2) provide voluntary contributions in support of Open-Source Solutions designed for maximimum scientific utility. Consider:

• Which approach gives you more freedom and flexibility in your research?
• Which approach best enables cumulative progress in scientific software?
• Which approach saves you the most money over the long run?

Corporate users, reflect for a moment on the very high price of comparable commercial software, and then consider the question, "Can our company afford not to fund PyMOL?" This project cannot succeed without your help, so not funding our efforts means facing (otherwise) avoidable future costs meeting essential software needs. PyMOL is a promising open-source alternative, so why not help it to succeed? Over time, it will save you money and provide increased choice!

	Cheers,
	Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. Founder and Principal DeLano Scientific LLC warren@delanoscientific.com