On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:09 PM, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Aug 10, 2:00 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > (RJF) Could you perhaps quote for us the DoD requirements? (and who > in DoD > > > requires them). > > > >(William) No, I definitely can't. Sorry I can't go into any further > details. > > > > > > Fascinating. > > Sage has only Open Source GPL code. That is "No Secrets". And with a > vengeance. > > But > > Sage apparently has a Secret Agreement with the DoD, one that is not > shared with contributors.
Various groups of Sage users have requirements about software they import into their organizations. Instead of ignoring their requirements, I listen to these users. If I want them to have the option to use Sage, these requirements must be met. If they aren't met, they can't possibly use Sage. I put a lot of effort into providing a version of Sage that they can use. If somebody else wants to make a version of Sage that they can't use, then they should go for it (and host it on their own website -- not mine). There are many possible groups of potential Sage users alluded to above. For example, "people who at Microsoft" or "people who work at Boeing", or "people who work at Enthought (say)". The constraints for each group are different -- some are even impossible to satisfy. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
