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OpenIFS is not open source (despite the name) and requires a license per institute to be completed before the software is provided. However the The license is not intended to be a barrier to the use of OpenIFS and the OpenIFS support team can help with any licensing queries.See Releases
To request a license:
- Please complete the form on the Releases page to register your interest
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- or, email openifs-support@ecmwf.int.
The key points of the OpenIFS license are:
- it is licensed per institute and requires an authoritative signature from the host institution. It is not available with a personal license.
- it is free for educational and research use to research and academic institutions. Commercial use of OpenIFS is not permitted.
- It is a perpetual license, it does not need to be renewed once signed. The license can be terminated at any time by the licensee.
- it is licensed per institute and requires an authoritative signature from the host institution. It is not available with a personal license.
- dissemination of real-time forecast products using OpenIFS is forbidden (e.g. web based forecasts).
- redistribution of OpenIFS supplied software to any non licensed institute outside the licensed institute is forbidden.
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