# Support Garlic!

garlic, free molecular viewer and editor, free molecular visualization program, protein structure, DNA structure, PDB, molecular rendering, biological macromolecule, Unix, Linux, free software download, open source software, Damir Zucic.

You can support garlic development in different ways. Some options are listed here, sorted by complexity (the simplest one is the first). Though garlic is a free software, someone has to pay for it. The author will need strong arguments to ensure support for a program which makes no money. If you like garlic, support it!

REGISTER GARLIC
The fact that you use garlic doesn't help much if I don't know that there is one more user. The easiest way to register is to execute the command:
reg
at garlic prompt. This requires that your machine is connected to the Internet. A short message will be send to zucic@garlic.mefos.hr; the only content of this message will be the word 'Hi!'. I will use the header of this message to extract your address. The address will be added to the list. Your address will not be abused, it will be kept secret and used only to count garlic users.
You can also send a more verbose message to zucic@mefos.hr with comments and suggestions.
There is one more way to register garlic: at your shell (terminal) prompt, type:
garlic -r
(if connected to the Internet, of course).
SEND A POSTCARD
You can also register by sending a postcard. I like stamps!
Here is the address:
Damir Zucic
ETF Osijek
Kneza Trpimira 2B
31000 Osijek
Croatia
Europe
INFORM OTHERS
Inform your colleagues and friends about garlic. Many potential users do not read Usenet news, so it is difficult to reach all those who might be interested to use garlic. I don't like spam and other aggressive forms of communication so I wouldn't use such methods to attract users.
ADD LINK TO YOUR WEB PAGES
Add link to your personal web page(s), pointing to garlic.
MIRROR GARLIC
If you like garlic and you can set aside few megabytes of disk space, you can establish a mirror site with garlic sources and related material. This should not be very complicated - there is only one source package and few dozens of web pages. The national academic network (CARNet) here in Croatia is pretty good, but communication lines to some countries (like U.K. and Germany) are overcrowded most of the time.
USE IT FOR LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
An experienced user may use garlic for lectures and presentations. There is a command pau (pause) which makes it easy to control script execution.
MAKE A DONATION
Donations are welcome, of course. Contact the author for technical details ( zucic@mefos.hr ).