f2cl, cernlib, and maxima (Re: [Maxima] Release plans)



On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 13:35, Raymond Toy wrote:
> >>>>> "Lizardo" == Lizardo H C M Nunes <lizardo@urbi.com.br> writes:
> 
>     Lizardo> I compiled SLATEC and read the docs, it's public domain; but full
>     Lizardo> documentation is available at
> 
> 
>     Lizardo> http://www.kachinatech.com/~hjjou/slatec-doc/
> 
>     Lizardo> there you should probably answer your question.
> 
> Thanks for the pointer.  The docs explicitly say SLATEC is public
> domain, so I think this will be a good source.  Much easier to deal
> with than CERNLIB.


Great. SLATEC sounds like the library to use, at least for the short
term.

> Also, in any case, I've sent a message to ACM about the licensing of
> TOMS with maxima in particular but GPL stuff in general.
> 
> No answer yet.

I will be very interested to hear what happens.

--Jim