On 2014-12-11, Viviane Pons <vivianep...@gmail.com> wrote: > --001a113db21e2134d40509f7fda9 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > 2014-12-11 22:46 GMT+01:00 William Stein <wst...@gmail.com>: > >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 1:28 PM, maldun <dom...@gmx.net> wrote: >> > That's great to hear! >> > >> > Although I don't know If GPL3 is the best choice ... >> >> I actually didn't have an option regarding GPL or not. >> >> > Are there already alternative plans to make funding from SMC, since >> closed >> > Source is not an option anymore? >> > (I think this topic is important, since resources are a major issue) >> >> I don't know yet, but I still hope it will be possible to start a >> company around hosting of SMC, even with SMC being open source. It >> likely will provide less revenue, and be more difficult to get >> investment. However, I'm optimistic that at least _something_ will be >> possible, which in the longterm will have the intended impact >> (supporting core Sage development). >> > > I do believe so. And also, I'm pretty sure that SMC being open will gather > even more people to Sage (it was already doing it while it was close) and > this way bring more potential developers and a bigger interest of the math > community. > > I find it a VERY good news! And I must say, it is at the exact right time > for us on our own European grant proposal. If we get the grant, I hope we > can get some developers to work on it!
And IMHO it does increase our chances to get the grant. Great news! Dima > > Best, > > Viviane > > >> >> William >> >> > >> > On Thursday, December 11, 2014 6:47:05 PM UTC+1, William wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> SageMathCloud is now completely open source. The complete source >> >> code is here, so if you've ever wondered how something in SMC works, >> >> you can now find out... >> >> >> >> https://github.com/sagemath/cloud >> >> >> >> There is also a new developer mailing list: >> >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/sage-cloud-devel >> >> >> >> >> >> Question: Why is SMC open source? >> >> >> >> Answer: Two of the four NSF grants that very substantially supported >> >> SMC development had explicit open source requirements. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- William >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> William Stein >> >> Professor of Mathematics >> >> University of Washington >> >> http://wstein.org >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "sage-devel" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> William Stein >> Professor of Mathematics >> University of Washington >> http://wstein.org >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sage-cloud" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to sage-cloud+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-cloud/CACLE5GBa5hu-NE7vhu_TT5F1SGSYMsFPr%2BoXEHiESzogUy566g%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
