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	[http://pymol.org PyMOL] is a stand-alone [[Molecular modeling and visualization software\|molecular visualization]] program that is very popular with protein crystallographers because of the high quality of its rendering, its speed and versatility. A large percentage of the figures in journal publications reporting new macromolecular structures are created using PyMOL. PyMOL is the creation of [http://www.delanoscientific.com/ Warren ~~Delano~~]. It has an innovative license: it is open source, but not free in all forms: the author's current ready-to-run downloads (binaries) and up-to-date documentation require payment of modest annual subscription fees. However, a current [http://pymol.org/educational.html free version] is available to students and educators for classroom use, old out-of-date binary builds can be [http://delsci.com/rel/099 freely downloaded] by anyone, and some Linux distributions provide [http://packages.debian.org/stable/pymol PyMOL packages] compiled from the open-source code.		[http://pymol.org PyMOL] is a stand-alone [[Molecular modeling and visualization software\|molecular visualization]] program that is very popular with protein crystallographers because of the high quality of its rendering, its speed and versatility. A large percentage of the figures in journal publications reporting new macromolecular structures are created using PyMOL. PyMOL is the creation of [http://www.delanoscientific.com/ Warren DeLano]. It has an innovative license: it is open source, but not free in all forms: the author's current ready-to-run downloads (binaries) and up-to-date documentation require payment of modest annual subscription fees. However, a current [http://pymol.org/educational.html free version] is available to students and educators for classroom use, old out-of-date binary builds can be [http://delsci.com/rel/099 freely downloaded] by anyone, and some Linux distributions provide [http://packages.debian.org/stable/pymol PyMOL packages] compiled from the open-source code.

	PyMOL has a strong user community which interacts via the [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4546 PyMOL-Users] mailing list and operates the [http://pymolwiki.org PyMOL Wiki] documentation site. The "Py" in PyMOL refers to the [http://python.org Python language], an integral part of the package. Python enables users to automate PyMOL with simple command scripts and to develop plugins with their own custom user interfaces.		PyMOL has a strong user community which interacts via the [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4546 PyMOL-Users] mailing list and operates the [http://pymolwiki.org PyMOL Wiki] documentation site. The "Py" in PyMOL refers to the [http://python.org Python language], an integral part of the package. Python enables users to automate PyMOL with simple command scripts and to develop plugins with their own custom user interfaces.