[Axiom-developer] Re: [fricas-devel] aldor concern

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Arthur Ralfs <address@hidden> writes:

| Tim, Waldek, Gaby,
| 
| It should be clear by now that I am only interested in working
| with software which is completely free in the sense of Stallman.
| For this reason I have not touched aldor.
| 
| This recent quote from Tim has me concerned:
|  
| 
| "If we were to re-think by re-coding it would make a lot more sense
| to rewrite the algebra into Aldor."
| 
| 
| so I put the question if any of you are 100% committed to maintaining
| your project as a free software project.  I do not object to supporting 
| aldor
| for the end user but I will not continue using axiom/fricas/open-axiom if
| aldor becomes an essential component.

OpenAxiom is a free software and will remain so.
OpenAxiom is under the BSD license and will remain so.

OpenAxiom will support libraries written in Aldor, but OpenAxiom's own 
algebra will not depend on Aldor.  

-- Gaby