Reconsidering the GPL licensing of Maxima

C Y wrote:

...< thoughtful note. Thanks...>

> 
> Dr. Fateman, what is involved with requesting a version of the DOE
> Macsyma distribution?

A phone call, and a check.
I've asked Mathsoft to do this.  Probably $500 or so, sent to ESTSC.

   It seems what we need to start doing is
> comparing that to the current state of the code, and start tracking
> down specific people (those that haven't already responded) to get
> things rolling.  That way we can also evaluate Bill Schelter's
> contributions and how critical they are to the core functionality and
> current enhancements.  (Plus maybe getting more extensive documentation
> released :-).  Or has this already been put in motion?

Either clearing up permission to use Bill's stuff or separating it
out would seem to be the next legal step.

I don't know about the documentation. I thought we had it all, and more,
(since Macsyma Inc documentation is on my website -- describing a superset
of Maxima.)

> 
> Cheers,
> CY
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