Differences between Maxima and Macsyma and GPL vs. commercial version
Subject: Differences between Maxima and Macsyma and GPL vs. commercial version
From: Raymond Toy
Date: 02 Apr 2003 13:55:20 -0500
>>>>> "CY" == C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com> writes:
CY> Hmm. I would say that rather than put HTML into docstrings (which
CY> would make reading them in the source code a pain) we use strictly text
CY> for source code level documentation and generate HTML on the fly from
CY> the docstrings using a CSS or xml template. Plus, I think people would
CY> be more likely to maintain them if they didn't have to think in HTML to
CY> write them.
Agreed. I want simple plain text when reading source code.
CY> What's the license on that? It might serve as a starting point for
CY> building what we need.
I think it was written by Mark Kantrowitz so it carries his copyright
which is sufficiently vague that it probably isn't GPL compatible.
Ray