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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Cameron,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Some of your questions are answered more comprehensive on the GRASS GIS website than anyone could do here. So please find below a short version with links to relevant information online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US">GRASS GIS is cross-platform. You can get binary packages for Mac, Linux, and Windows (see:
</span><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/download/"><span lang="EN-US">Download (osgeo.org)</span></a><span lang="EN-US">). However, GRASS can in principle also be compiled on other platforms (ARM, BSD, …).</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">At the time of writing, latest stable version is 7.8.5, development version is 7.9 (likely to become 8.0 with the next release),
see e.g.: </span><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/download/linux/"><span lang="EN-US">Linux (osgeo.org)</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">See:
</span><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/about/license/">License (osgeo.org)</a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The general concept, modules (“tools”) and API are documented, there are plenty of tutorials, books, examples you can find on
the website under “Learn”. In addition, there are amongst others mailing lists for users, developers, statistical questions where people can get assistance from the community (</span><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/about/community/"><span lang="EN-US">Community
(osgeo.org)</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">See:
</span><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/about/history/"><span lang="EN-US">History (osgeo.org)</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/graphs/contributors"><span lang="EN-US">Contributors to OSGeo/grass (github.com)</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Stefan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> grass-web <grass-web-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>C Kovo<br>
<b>Sent:</b> mandag 11. januar 2021 05:53<br>
<b>To:</b> grass-web@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GRASS-web] GRASS GIS Questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m doing a research project GRASS GIS ad have a few questions if you don’t mind answering. Questions as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Which platforms (operating systems) does it work under?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US">What is the latest working version?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Under which type of COPYRIGHT protocol has it been developed and used? <o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
What types of support do the users of the software have?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="gmail-msolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Who has started it and who is developing it now? <o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any info you could give me would be greatly appreciated. <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cameron <o:p></o:p></p>
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