Hello, I already answered this question on chimera-users (see below)! The answer is the same for Chimera and ChimeraX. I only meant that you should use the chimerax-users address for FUTURE questions about the program. Good luck with your research, Elaine

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From: Elaine Meng via Chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Subject: [Chimera-users] Re: Software copyright consulting Date: September 27, 2024 at 9:06:30 AM PDT To: 姜恩誉 <2023111025@stu.njau.edu.cn> Cc: chimera-users <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> Reply-To: "chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu List" <chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>, Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu>

Hello, It depends on the type of user, not on whether the work will be published or not. If you are using the program because you are a professor, student, or university or nonprofit organization staff member, then you can use the free academic license. If you are working for a commercial entity (a business that runs for profit), you need a commercial license. For details on how to get a commercial license, see

<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/commercial_license.html>

Also in the future if you want to ask specifically about ChimeraX (not Chimera), there is a different email address for that program: chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <mailto:chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>

I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

On Sep 27, 2024, at 9:32 AM, 姜恩誉 via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hello, is the application of your Chimera X software for paper publication a non-commercial use？ Looking forward to your reply. Thank you