Differences between Maxima and Macsyma and GPL vs. commercial version



>>>>> "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