Subject: Maxima license restrictions from DOE-MACSYMA
From: Jaime Villate
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:29:25 +0100
On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 11:36 +0100, tony.mason at generaldynamics.uk.com
wrote:
> While the Maxima software is released under the GNU GPL license, there
> is a reference in the original permission from 1998 to release the
> DOE-MACSYMA software:
>
> ?Distribution of such derivative works is subject to the U.S. Export
> Administration Regulations (Title 15 CFR 768-799), which implements
> the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended, and/or the
> International Traffic in Arms Regulation, of 12-6-84, (Title 22 CFR
> 121-130), which implements the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
> 2728) and may require license for export.?
>
> Is there a contact who could provide advice on the export restrictions
> before we begin using the software?
Hi,
if you are going to use Maxima and recommend it to your customers, you
do not have to worry about that. Your company is not going to distribute
Maxima directly, is it? If your customers get the software from Maxima's
site or from a software distribution such as Ubuntu, your company will
not be bound by those restrictions. We at Maxima do not have any lawyers
to give us advice but Ubuntu, Debian and FSF do, and they say that the
distribution of Maxima is not restricted by any U.S. Export Regulations
("may require license for export" does not apply in this case).
Regards,
Jaime Villate