Ho scoperto un sito molto interessante. Si tratta del Free Software Project for Atomic-scale Simulations. Come dicono giustamente i gestori del sito, benché negli ultimi anni si sia assistito a uno sviluppo notevolissimo del Software Libero, in realtà questo schema sembra essere poco importante nell'ambito della simulazione software a scala atomica:

The advent of rapid means of exchange of software, has helped the spread of so-called ``Free'' software (free for freedom, not price), also called ``Open Source'' software, often distributed under the GNU licensing scheme. While extremely effective in the computer science community, this scheme is less developped in the field of Atomic-Scale Simulations. Starting a Free Software project is by no means a simple endeavour. However, it appears as an important step, not only because of the inherent advantages of the licensing scheme, but also because it changes the relationship between different groups of developers, towards a more cooperative spirit.

L'obiettivo del progetto è, quindi:

The Free Software project for Atomic-scale Simulation has the aim to spread the use of the ``Free Software'' concept in the community of Atomic-scale Simulation software developers, to improve the awareness of modern software engineering concepts, and to constitute the natural place for interactions between different groups of developers in this field.

Un'ottima notizia per tutti gli interessati all'argomento.