Welcome to GUSSI 2.1.0

TERMS

By acquiring and using a copy of GUSSI, you are agreeing to the copyright and

notices listed at the end of this file.


INSTALLATION



You can unzip the downloaded .zip file to any directory on your disk.  In this
directory, you will find another directory called "GUSSI".

There will be many, many items in this directory.  First and foremost, the
executable, "GUSSI.exe", will be present.  Of note, in the "Doc" subdirectory,
there will be:



(1) This README.txt file.
(2) The documentation (GUSSI.pdf).
(3) The general tutorial (GUSSIGeneralTutorial.pdf)
(4) The Isotherm Maker tutorial (GUSSIIsothermMaker_210.pdf)
(5) The SE Data Sorter tutorial (GUSSIEqDataSorterTut.pdf)
(6) The "What's New in 1.0.8" file (GUSSI108WhatsNew.pdf)
(7) The "What's New in 1.0.9d" file (GUSSI109dWhatsNew.pdf)
(8) The "What's New in 1.1.0" file (GUSSI110WhatsNew.pdf).
(9) The "What's New in 1.2.1" file (GUSSI121WhatsNew.pdf).
(10) The "What's New in 1.3.0" file (GUSSI130WhatsNew.pdf).
(11) A tutorial on how to use the membrane-protein calcs (MembraneProteinCalcs.pdf)
(12) A tutorial for glycoprotein calculations (GlycoproteinCalcs.pdf)
(13) A tutorial on the use of the extinction-coefficient calculator (ECC_2.1.pdf)
(14) A tutorial on the new method of integration in GUSSI (IntegratingInGUSSI2.1.0.pdf)

There will also be two directories called "Fast" and "Slow" that contain example
data for the Isotherm Maker.


For maximum compatibility with current versions of SEDFIT and SEDPHAT, you

must place the "GUSSI" directory under the directory

that houses SEDFIT and SEDPHAT.  For example, if SEDFIT and SEDPHAT reside in

C:\sedfit, you should place the GUSSI folder in C:\sedfit such that it becomes
C:\sedfit\GUSSI.  Under no circumstances should you take the executable out
of this folder.



Users who are upgrading from an older version of GUSSI should rename the old
folder, put it in a safe place, then place the new folder such that it is
C:\sedfit\GUSSI.  Although every effort is made to keep new versions of
GUSSI backward-compatible with old ones, this action ensures you will always
have access to old .gussi files.



BUGS

Please report any bugs to chad.brautigam@utsouthwestern.edu.  It would be
helpful if you can

(1) describe the steps you took that caused the failure

and

(2) reliably reproduce the failure.



COPYRIGHT AND NOTICES


a.   Copyright (c) 2011-2023 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center.  All rights reserved.



b.   IN NO EVENT SHALL UT SOUTHWESTERN BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS,
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF UT
SOUTHWESTERN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.  UT
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TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, IF ANY, PROVIDED
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MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.


c.   This software contains copyrighted materials from NumPy, SciPy,
Matplotlib, lxml, PIL, images2gif, and python-pptx.  Corresponding terms and
conditions apply.  See documentation (GUSSI.pdf) for licensing notices from those
packages.