Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom meeting at ISSAC

[Bill Page]

On 7/31/07, C Y <address@hidden> wrote:
> --- Bill Page <address@hidden> wrote:
> ...
> > The problem as I see it is lack of compatibility with GPL.  According to
> > Stephen this is deliiberate on the part of NAG. Apparently they
> > object to the "viral" natue of GPL.
>
> Erm.  That's very unfortunate, as it automatically introduces a
> collision with a large part of the open source world.
>

Yes, I agree. Several people including me have been trying hard to
convince NAG of this but they were not convinced. At least they are
going ahead with an "open source" release of some kind. I don't think
this is the last statement on this issue and there may yet be ways to
convince them to change the license to something more compatible. In
particular Emil Volcheck from ACM is also a strong supporter of a
truly open source license for Aldor and has offered som advice on how
to promote this through the official "political" processes at ACM.

Regards,
Bill Page.