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



Hello Robert,

Robert Dodier wrote on 20060113 05:34 pm:
> 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.)
The book is from 1987 ... I do not think they care.


> 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.
(1) I will keep it on my page.
(2) I will rewrite it a little bit, so that there is no relation
between my text and R. Rands.


Ciao,
Robert