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17 Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:28:34 -0600 (MDT)
18 From: Michael Wester <wester@math.unm.edu>
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21 Subject: Re: request for permission to release Macsyma files under GPL
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27 This is fine. You should reference the article:
29 Michael Wester, ``A Critique of the Mathematical Abilities of CA Systems'',
30 {\sl Computer Algebra Systems: A Practical Guide}, edited by Michael~J. Wester,
31 John Wiley \& Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, 1999, 25--60.
33 that is associated with them (as well as the original source, of course).
35 Adding correct/expected results seems like a good idea for an automated test
36 suite. What other testing material are you including?
38 I'll be interested to hear how well the current version of Maxima does on these
43 On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Robert Dodier wrote:
45 >Hello Professor Wester,
47 >I hope all is well with you.
49 >I am working on the Maxima project (http://maxima.sourceforge.net).
50 >As you probably know, Maxima is an open source fork of Macsyma.
51 >I write to you today to ask for permission to release the Macsyma
52 >files at http://www.math.unm.edu/~wester/demos/ under the terms
53 >of the GNU General Public License, version 2
54 >(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt).
55 >I've appended, as a PS to this message, the list of files I wish to release.
57 >With your permission, I will copy these files to Maxima project
58 >file storage, for modification and release with other Maxima files.
59 >One modification that I foresee is to add a correct or expected result
60 >to each test case; the Maxima test suite function can automatically
61 >compare actual and expected results.
63 >I'm sorry to bother you with this request, as I know that you have
64 >been contacted at least once before for a similar request.
65 >However the message which I was able to find
66 >(http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2002/001809.html)
67 >does not seem clear enough, so I am writing with, I hope,
68 >a more specific request.
70 >Thanks very much for your time, I appreciate it a lot.
71 >I'll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
74 >Maxima project administrator
76 >PS. These are the files which I wish to copy.
77 >I found these at http://www.math.unm.edu/~wester/demos/.
79 >Algebra/problems.macsyma
80 >BooleanLogic/problems.macsyma
81 >Calculus/problems.macsyma
82 >Combinatorics/problems.macsyma
83 >ComplexDomain/problems.macsyma
84 >DefiniteIntegrals/problems.macsyma
85 >Equations/problems.macsyma
86 >IndefiniteIntegrals/problems.macsyma
87 >Inequalities/problems.macsyma
88 >Limits/problems.macsyma
89 >MathvsCS/local.macsyma
90 >MathvsCS/match.macsyma
91 >MatrixTheory/problems.macsyma
92 >Numbers/problems.macsyma
93 >NumberTheory/problems.macsyma
94 >NumericalAnalysis/problems.macsyma
95 >ODEs/problems.macsyma
96 >Operators/problems.macsyma
97 >PDEs/problems.macsyma
99 >Products/problems.macsyma
100 >Programming/problems.macsyma
101 >Programming/dif.macsyma
102 >Series/problems.macsyma
103 >SetTheory/problems.macsyma
104 >SpecialFunctions/problems.macsyma
105 >Statistics/problems.macsyma
106 >Sums/problems.macsyma
107 >TensorAnalysis/problems.macsyma
108 >Transforms/problems.macsyma
109 >Trigonometry/problems.macsyma
110 >VectorAnalysis/problems.macsyma
111 >ZeroEquivalence/problems.macsyma