On 7/4/24 03:23, Waldek Hebisch wrote:
To comply with the our license, they should have text of the
license _somewhere_. Recursive grep for 'Numerical ALgorithms Group'
should find it (unless it is really obfuscated in some way).
Yes, that is also how I read the license terms. The contents of our
LISCENSE.txt must be included in the binary of Mathcad and it must be
mentioned in the documentation that comes with the distribution.
And yes, I also see their webpage as "documentation that comes with the
distribution".
Google for "fricas site:mathcad.com". I get an empty search result.
In fact, here I can read:
https://www.mathcad.com/en/blogs/whats-in-prime-7#Symbolics%20Enhancements
"""
Symbolics Enhancements
Mathcad Prime 6 introduced a new symbolic engine to the software,
offering PTC’s software engineers more flexibility as they work with the
software. For you, that means you’ll see modifications and enhancements
that simply weren’t possible in the past.
"""
Well, our license doesn't say that the name "FriCAS" should be
mentioned. However, I do not think that their website shows good behaviour.
I guess that given name interested folks can use Google to find
FriCAS license. But I do not think that internet counts as
'materials provided with the distribution'.
Yes exactly. And "given name" is a prerequisite for typing something
into google. Unfortunately, I do not find that name (FriCAS) somewhere
mentioned.
Sage doesn't develop new domains, MathCAD does. So they are more likely
to hit by bugs.
Not clear to me. Usig Spad code means that they may be affected
by bugs in the Spad compiler. OTOH for simple constructs Spad
compiler was quite reliable. And using Spad they are less
affected by interpreter bugs.
Waldek, it sounds as if you do not care much about this issue. Why would
it be so hard for them to mention "FriCAS"? Honestly, I do not know why
they are behaving like this in th first place.
One, likely possibility is that they developed what they need
around 2018 and keep using essentially the same thing.
Still, they have to comply to the license.
Ralf
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