t seems to me
that anyone put TOMS code in Maxima
would put everything in a
separate directory, and could post exactly the
ACM disclaimer in that directory.
Someone who then used that directory for commercial
purposes would then be responsible, not you or
sourceforge.
Knowing a little about ACM, it is quite unlikely that
they would care. If you want to find a specific person
to ask, again, I would suggest the ACM TOMS algorithm
editor.
But if you have an interest, and time on your hands,
I think making ACM Algorithms work in Lisp for Maxima
would be reasonable.
Again, IANAL.
RJF
Robert Dodier wrote:
> --- Richard Fateman wrote:
>
>
>>It seems to me that Maxima is not commercial
>>and therefore ACM routines can be used. But I am not
>>a lawyer.
>>
>>who is going to complain, ACM who doesn't even respond
>>to email?
>>My understanding is that if they don't complain within
>>2 years, the common law interpretation is that they
>>have no objections. But I am not a lawyer..
>
>
> Well, I think we need to keep our noses clean in a pretty big way.
> The attempt to contact ACM could be used as a "due diligence"
> kind of defense if ACM wanted to make trouble for us, but I
> don't think we can treat it like positive evidence.
>
> Maxima is not commercial software, but GPL doesn't rule out
> commercial use, and the ACM license does rule out commercial use.
> I'm inclined to believe that attempting to mix ACM-license
> stuff into Maxima would be a headache.
>
> Not a lawyer either,
> Robert Dodier
>
>
>
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