Perhaps you should read the discussion on sage-devel in google groups, to
see if you can understand (and explain to the rest of us, in simple terms),
why the use of gplv3 on GMP induced William Stein to fork the project.
I'm personally interested in improving and distributing Maxima as well as
using it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Jaime Villate
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:15 PM
> To: fateman at EECS.Berkeley.EDU
> Cc: Maxima at math.utexas.edu; 'William Stein'
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] [Maxima-commits]
> CVS:maxima/share/contribsolve_rat_ineq.mac, NONE, 1.1
>.. snip
> Free software can be used by anyone and for any purpose; both
> GPLv2 and
> GPLv3 state that clearly. No restrictions are imposed on its use by
> anyone.
> Regards,
> Jaime
>
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