>>>>> "CY" == C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com> writes:
CY> This part of the GPL seems to relate to the case in question:
CY> "These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
CY> identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
CY> and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
CY> themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those
CY> sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you
CY> distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based
CY> on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of
CY> this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
CY> entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote
CY> it."
CY> Wouldn't that cover it? As long as their stuff is distributed
CY> separately, and not derived from Maxima source code?
I think it boils down to the question of why would I need maxima if
it's separate? If the answer is you have to have maxima, it's not
really a separate work.
Definitely a fuzzy area which can only be clarified by taking a case
to court.
Ray