On 08/21/11 03:34 AM, R Fateman wrote:
> You can write a program that runs on an internet-connected computer that
> will convert an unsolved integration problem into a problem in
> Mathematica syntax, ship it off to Wolfram Alpha, and if it comes up
> with an answer, suck it back into Maxima. I did such a thing with TILU
> and a predecessor of Wolfram Alpha. Until WRI changed the form of the
> answer so that if was an image. This was a few years ago. Is it ok to do
> this?
> I am not a lawyer.
>
> RJF
One would need to read the Wolfram|Alpha terms of usage. There is some wording
in there about making competitive products.
Or you could email Wolfram Research to clarify the matter. That is what I did
when I wanted to use Wolfram|Alpha to compare results from Sage, then document
the Wolfram|Alpha results in the Sage source code.
Wolfram Research were happy for this to be done, as long as it was not an
automated script that repeatedly called their server.
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