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* Blogging isn't for everyone but it does make great cocktails.

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Stuart Mumford <stuart@cadair.com>

* Update posts/2024/2024-08-09-anaconda.md

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Co-authored-by: Stuart Mumford <stuart@cadair.com>
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> Students and educational entities may use our free offerings in curriculum-based courses.
[Following the publication of the Register article, the CEO of Anaconda, Peter Wang posted on Linkedin.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pzwang_hi-everyone-recently-there-has-been-discussion-activity-7229549723462905856-rQH-/)
He says that:

> I want to be very clear: Anaconda's installers & package repos are free for teaching, learning, and research at accredited educational institutions worldwide.
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> Our legal team is taking a comprehensive look at the wording in our current ToS, EULA, and related documents, with a focus on clarity for academic and academic research use.
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> In addition, we're looking into a flexible pricing structure for non-profit organizations with over 200 full-time employees
Hopefully, by the end of the year with these changes in place, users will have a clear understanding if they are allowed to use Anaconda for free.

## What is the alternative?

The answer from the SunPy Project is the following:
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It is also the only way to [install any SunPy Project library](https://docs.sunpy.org/en/stable/tutorial/installation.html#installing-miniforge) via conda.
- Never setup or use the defaults "channel" if you install `miniforge`.

A blog post written by Tim de Jager & Ruben Arts [summarizes how conda-forge is free and avoids any vendor lock in.](https://prefix.dev/blog/towards_a_vendor_lock_in_free_conda_experience)

## I have Anaconda already - What should I do?

Though, you could get rid of the default channel(s) using the `conda config` command as shown [in this Stack Overflow answer about switching channels from anaconda to conda-forge](https://stackoverflow.com/a/67708768).
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