Future of maxima



--- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 
>   I am familiar with lisp and with parts of the
> Macsyma source, especially the parts I wrote. It 
> would be nice to get the Macsyma Inc source to
update 
> Maxima etc.  Some of the people who worked on
Macsyma 
> Inc's system may be around as well.  I don't know if

> they are on this list, but I suspect not.
>   There are probably 10-20 people.
> They probably are gainfully employed doing other
> things.
> 
> 
> Richard Fateman

I agree the macsyma source code would be nice, but if
I recall correctly weren't there some problems with
that? My recollection is that the owner of Macsyma
sold it to someone who had not interest in opening the
source and apparently isn't even marketing it anymore.
 Has there been a breakthrough on that front?

CY

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