                          RASTOP
                                                                          
          Molecular Graphics Visualisation Software
                Version 2.2 - June 11, 2007

RasMol is a molecular graphics program intended for the visualisation 
of proteins, nucleic acids and small molecules. The program is aimed 
at display, teaching and generation of publication quality images.

RasMol was initially developped by Roger Sayle. Special thanks to 
Roger for creating RasMol and giving its source code to the community.
Read the file version to learn about the history of the different 
releases prior to this package. RasMol is open-source thanks to the 
work of Herbert J. Bernstein. Please read the notice and the license
attached to this package to learn how to contribute to RasMol source.

RasTop is a graphical user interface to RasMol aimed at the quick 
visualization and analysis of macromolecules. RasTop was initially 
developped by Philippe Valadon. Please direct comments and bug report
to RasTop home page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/rastop/.

Contributors, by alphabetical order and independantly of the size
of their contribution:

Source: Herbert J. Bernstein, Christian Duque, Gary Grossman, Marco 
Molinaro, Arne Mueller, Naoum Salame, Roger Sayle, and Philippe Valadon.
                               
Help and Translations: Frances C. Bernstein, Herbert J. Bernstein, 
William McClure, Eric Martz, Naoum Salame, Philippe Valadon, and 
Margaret Wong. 

RasTop 2.2 is derived from rasmol 2.7.1.1. Here is copy of the original
notice as it appears in rasmol 2.7.1.1:

/***************************************************************************
 *                            RasMol 2.7.2.1.1                             *
 *                                                                         *
 *                                 RasMol                                  *
 *                 Molecular Graphics Visualisation Tool                   *
 *                            26 January 2004                              *
 *                                                                         *
 *                   Based on RasMol 2.6 by Roger Sayle                    *
 * Biomolecular Structures Group, Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development,   *
 *                      Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK                       *
 *         Version 2.6, August 1995, Version 2.6.4, December 1998          *
 *                   Copyright (C) Roger Sayle 1992-1999                   *
 *                                                                         *
 *                          and Based on Mods by                           *
 *Author             Version, Date             Copyright                   *
 *Arne Mueller       RasMol 2.6x1   May 98     (C) Arne Mueller 1998       *
 *Gary Grossman and  RasMol 2.5-ucb Nov 95     (C) UC Regents/ModularCHEM  *
 *Marco Molinaro     RasMol 2.6-ucb Nov 96         Consortium 1995, 1996   *
 *                                                                         *
 *Philippe Valadon   RasTop 1.3     Aug 00     (C) Philippe Valadon 2000   *
 *                                                                         *
 *Herbert J.         RasMol 2.7.0   Mar 99     (C) Herbert J. Bernstein    * 
 *Bernstein          RasMol 2.7.1   Jun 99         1998-2001               *
 *                   RasMol 2.7.1.1 Jan 01                                 *
 *                   RasMol 2.7.2   Aug 00                                 *
 *                   RasMol 2.7.2.1 Apr 01                                 *
 *                   RasMol 2.7.2.1.1 Jan 04                               *
 *                                                                         *
 *                    and Incorporating Translations by                    *
 *  Author                               Item                      Language*
 *  Isabel Servn Martnez,                                                *
 *  Jos Miguel Fernndez Fernndez      2.6   Manual              Spanish *
 *  Jos Miguel Fernndez Fernndez      2.7.1 Manual              Spanish *
 *  Fernando Gabriel Ranea               2.7.1 menus and messages  Spanish *
 *  Jean-Pierre Demailly                 2.7.1 menus and messages  French  *
 *  Giuseppe Martini, Giovanni Paolella, 2.7.1 menus and messages          *
 *  A. Davassi, M. Masullo, C. Liotto    2.7.1 help file           Italian *
 *                                                                         *
 *                             This Release by                             *
 * Herbert J. Bernstein, Bernstein + Sons, P.O. Box 177, Bellport, NY, USA *
 *                       yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com                      *
 *               Copyright(C) Herbert J. Bernstein 1998-2001               *
 *                                                                         *
 * Please read the file NOTICE for important notices which apply to this   *
 * package. If you are not going to make changes to RasMol, you are not    *
 * only permitted to freely make copies and distribute them, you are       *
 * encouraged to do so, provided you do the following:                     *
 *   * 1. Either include the complete documentation, especially the file   *
 *     NOTICE, with what you distribute or provide a clear indication      *
 *     where people can get a copy of the documentation; and               *
 *   * 2. Please give credit where credit is due citing the version and    *
 *     original authors properly; and                                      *
 *   * 3. Please do not give anyone the impression that the original       *
 *     authors are providing a warranty of any kind.                       *
 *                                                                         *
 * If you would like to use major pieces of RasMol in some other program,  *
 * make modifications to RasMol, or in some other way make what a lawyer   *
 * would call a "derived work", you are not only permitted to do so, you   *
 * are encouraged to do so. In addition to the things we discussed above,  *
 * please do the following:                                                *
 *   * 4. Please explain in your documentation how what you did differs    *
 *     from this version of RasMol; and                                    *
 *   * 5. Please make your modified source code available.                 *
 *                                                                         *
 * This version of RasMol is not in the public domain, but it is given     *
 * freely to the community in the hopes of advancing science. If you make  *
 * changes, please make them in a responsible manner, and please offer us  *
 * the opportunity to include those changes in future versions of RasMol.  *
 ***************************************************************************/


