--- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> I am all in favor of making documentation available, and it would
> be nice for it to be free, but this should not be a requirement.
>
> One rationale for someone to write more books about macsyma/maxima
> (e.g. calculus with ..., problem solving with ... , programming
> with ...)
> is to sell them in the conventional (for-profit) way. I can't image
> we could restrict authors, anyway. ("all books about X must be
> free??")
>
> RJF
Ah, I expressed myself badly. I don't mean we should prohibit non free
stuff, but if this is to replace the current implimentation of the
reference manual and be included with Maxima it should be free. Maybe
I misunderstood what Mike had in mind?
CY
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