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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for answering my questions.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:5.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">|$B!H(BSCIP is now open-source under Apache 2.0 since about two weeks ago.$B!I(B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Dose this mean that a commercial license is no longer required, even for commercial uses?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">I$B!G(Bm a bit confused because the FAQ on the SCIP Doxygen Documentation 8.0.2 still says $B!H(BIf you want to use SCIP commercially, please write an e-mail to
<a href="mailto:koch@zib.de">koch@zib.de</a>.$B!I(B.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Yuzhu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Besancon, Mathieu <besancon@zib.de>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2022 4:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"$B#M#S(B $B#P%4%7%C%/(B"">$B]j(B</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"$B#M#S(B $B#P%4%7%C%/(B"">$B6LCl(B</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <yuzhu.wang.b85@jp.nssol.nipponsteel.com>; scip@zib.de<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Check on SCIP license issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Yuzhu,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SCIP is now open-source under Apache 2.0 since about two weeks ago, so the license should not be a blocker for anything on cloud services. I cannot answer for commercial solvers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Building SCIP on Docker should be straightforward with the same installation instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For question two, you can start as many instances as you want since the license is not a blocker (note, this is not about concurrent solving within one SCIP instance).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Scip
<</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:scip-bounces@zib.de"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">scip-bounces@zib.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>
on behalf of </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:yuzhu.wang.b85@jp.nssol.nipponsteel.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">yuzhu.wang.b85@jp.nssol.nipponsteel.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:yuzhu.wang.b85@jp.nssol.nipponsteel.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">yuzhu.wang.b85@jp.nssol.nipponsteel.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2022 2:32:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:scip@zib.de"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">scip@zib.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SCIP] Check on SCIP license issue</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"$B#M#S(B $B#P%4%7%C%/(B"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear SCIP team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am currently investigating commercial MIP solvers that can run in Docker containers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If possible, I would appreciate your answers to the following questions regarding licensing and working images.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Following the SCIP document Q&A, I wrote an email to Prof. Koch last Wednesday with questions about the license, but am still waiting for a reply. So, I would like to ask a question here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Is there a commercial license system that allows optimization processing from applications in Docker containers on GCP (Google Cloud Platform)? If so, I would be grateful if you can give me a concrete image of how SCIP works in this environment.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">I would also like to know the number of optimization processes that can be run concurrently with one commercial license.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yuzhu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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