>>>>> "Volker" == Volker van Nek <volkervannek at gmail.com> writes:
Volker> I work with Maxima because it is powerful and released under the GNU
Volker> GPL. Other software like Matlab or Maple which does not fulfill these
Volker> two conditions is from my point of view completely useless. In the
Volker> field of Mathematics I am only interested in a program which allows me
Volker> to study the source code and to learn how mathematical algorithms are
Volker> implemented in a programming language. The GPL allows users to change
Volker> the source code, fix bugs, implement new features and use the program
Volker> as they wish (under the terms of the GPL). And last not least the
Volker> Maxima project itself is open for contributions.
I couldn't agree more. If you cannot look at the source code,
mathematical software is *useless*. How can you ever trust that?
Andreas
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