Hi, zimoun writes: > Hi Pjotr, > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 19:22, Pjotr Prins wrote: > >> Anyone got UCSC running with Guix? May be easier than Galaxy which is >> also on the books at some point. Just a curiosity: I'm completely ignorant on this tools but are UCSC Genome Browser and Galaxy in the same category? AFAIU UCSC Genome Browser in "just" a browser [1] while Galaxy is a "workflow management system" [2] (GWL is missing, and that _is_ the solution to the workflow problem space :-) ) Is Galaxy also capable of genome browsing? > You are talking about that [1], right? > But is it free software? Unfortunately not > I am not able to find the license and [2] is > not very helpful... > > [1] http://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#source_downloads I know it's not a proper license attribution, but the very first sentence in "Source and utilities downloads" states: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The source for the Genome Browser, Blat, liftOver and other utilities is free for non-profit academic research and for personal use. For information on commercial licensing, see the Genome Browser and Blat licensing requirements. The source and executables for several of these products can be downloaded or purchased from our online store. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- To download the source code you have to buy it https://genome-store.ucsc.edu/ and on checkout there is this option: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- During checkout, non-profit academic users will be given the option to declare that they are not using the products commercially and qualify for a free license. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Source code is free like free beer. > [2] http://genome.ucsc.edu/license/ This page also points to the EULA http://genome.ucsc.edu/license/gbLicense2019.pdf HTH, Gio' [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome_browser [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics_workflow_management_system -- Giovanni Biscuolo Xelera IT Infrastructures