On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:52 PM, ahmet alper parker <aaparker at gmail.com> wrote:
> I learned that Texas Instruments is no longer supplying Derive in the
> market. Can there be a chance for it to be available with a GPL? Would it
> make sense if we all wrote to Texas Instruments requesting it to be
> transfered to public domain?
I don't know much about Derive, but there are two obvious big questions:
1) Why do we want Derive?
Does it have capabilities missing in Maxima?
Would it be easier to integrate/interface to the Derive code than
to start from scratch for these capabilities?
2) Why would TI want to release Derive under GPL?
TI says "our plan is to incorporate Derive features and
compatibility into new TI products", so a GPL Derive would presumably
compete with their newer products. If TI were abandoning the CAS
market entirely, it would be easier to persuade them to release Derive
under GPL.
-s