Error conditions for maxima vs commercial code., also, who owns our name?

Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> writes:

> By the way, it occurred to me that there may be some
> other users of the name Maxima for software.  There
> are several I found in 2 minutes with Google.  a CAD tool,
> a router tool, an animation tool, a middleware package.
> There is also a Nissan automobile model.

Could the name Macsyma be (re-) claimed, perhaps as GNU Macsyma?
After all, the code *is* derived from original MIT Macsyma. And if
Macsyma Inc should sue for trademark infringement, I guess they would
have to prove they have an actual product - which would not be a bad
thing.

	Ole