[OpendTect_Users] Downloading free data without using torrents

[Gery .]

Amen! =)

OD rocks, really rocks,

Thanks OD Team, you do an amazing work.

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> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 15:05:17 +0200
> From: kristofer.tingdahl at dgbes.com
> To: users at opendtect.org
> Subject: Re: [OpendTect_Users] Downloading free data without using torrents
>
> Dear Isaac,
>
>
> and other mailing-list readers.
>
>
> dGB Earth Sciences is a unique company that has a unique business model, and a
> unique position in the seismic industry. While our competitors charge
> money - we give away. With our open source software OpendTect, you get
> a complete seismic interpretation system for free, without any strings
> attached. That is what gives us among the largest user-bases in the
> seismic interpretation industry. Two years ago, we saw that there was
> a lack of seismic data easily available for students, researchers and
> the independent geophysicists to work with. We therefor added the Open
> Seismic Repository with free access to public domain seismic data. dGB
> Earth Sciences is however not a charity organization, we make money by
> selling software and services around the OpendTect ecosystem we have
> created. We have been in business since 1995, and that is a proof that
> our business model works.
>
> The ethos of Open Source is that one receives for free, but you also
> have to give for free. We could have done what everyone else does -
> charge for the downloads of the seismic data as it would cost us a
> fortune to make terabytes of downloads available. But we don't.
> Instead, we do insist that you do to others what others have done to
> you and share the data. Consequently, we do not provide any other way
> to download the data.
>
> If some University does not allow access to scientific data for their
> students, that is something that should be dealt with those
> Universities' IT-departments - not dGB Earth Sciences who is going
> further than most to provide complete free seismic interpretation
> software and data. Alternatively, you can download the data elsewhere.
> Once you have downloaded, continue to seed to make it easier for other
> in your situation.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kristofer Tingdahl
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Vuciri Isaac <vuciriisaac8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to download the free data without using torrents? This is
> > because back here at the university Torrents have been blocked.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> >
> > --
> >
> > Isaac Vuciri
> >
> > President, , Makerere University SEG Student Chapter
> >
> > Email: vuciriisaac8 at gmail.com
> >
> > Skype: vuciriisaac8
> >
> > Mob: +256 (0) 757606110
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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