The note about OpenModelica brought this to mind. Maxima is licensed under GPL, but it too has additional restrictions. You can see the original letter releasing the code to Bill Schelter from the DOE, whose people perhaps did not understand GPL entirely.
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/wfs/maxima-doe-auth.gif This letter mentions restrictions, which have always been part of the DOE Macsyma license: "Distribution of such derivative works is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (Title 15 CFR 768-799), .... " And so Sage [if including Maxima] might require a license for export to (say) North Korea, Burma, Cuba, or China. I don't know if this is has been overlooked, or, as I would certainly prefer, has been resolved satisfactorily and is not of concern. Classifying Maxima (essentially) as a munition seems counterproductive. Cheers. RJF --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
