FW: R. H. Rand's permission: german translation of your "introduction to maxima"

Hello Robert,

Thank you for contacting Richard Rand.

Unfortunately I don't think the Maxima project is in a strong position here.
It is almost certain that the authors (Rand and Armbruster)
assigned the copyright to Springer-Verlag. If so,
derivative works are under the control of Springer-Verlag.
(A look at the title page of the book would show who has the
copyright, but the nearest university library doesn't have the book.)

I'm not sure what to do at this point. We could try to
contact Springer-Verlag; I don't know what approach is
likely to yield an agreement. We could leave it be and
keep the document, or we could remove it.

All the best,
Robert Dodier