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Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:28:34 -0600 (MDT)
From: Michael Wester <wester@math.unm.edu>
To: Robert Dodier <robert.dodier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: request for permission to release Macsyma files under GPL
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This is fine.  You should reference the article:

Michael Wester, ``A Critique of the Mathematical Abilities of CA Systems'',
{\sl Computer Algebra Systems: A Practical Guide}, edited by Michael~J. Wester,
John Wiley \& Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, 1999, 25--60.

that is associated with them (as well as the original source, of course).

Adding correct/expected results seems like a good idea for an automated test
suite.  What other testing material are you including?

I'll be interested to hear how well the current version of Maxima does on these
tests!

   Michael

On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Robert Dodier wrote:

>Hello Professor Wester,
>
>I hope all is well with you.
>
>I am working on the Maxima project (http://maxima.sourceforge.net).
>As you probably know, Maxima is an open source fork of Macsyma.
>I write to you today to ask for permission to release the Macsyma
>files at http://www.math.unm.edu/~wester/demos/ under the terms
>of the GNU General Public License, version 2
>(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt).
>I've appended, as a PS to this message, the list of files I wish to release.
>
>With your permission, I will copy these files to Maxima project
>file storage, for modification and release with other Maxima files.
>One modification that I foresee is to add a correct or expected result
>to each test case; the Maxima test suite function can automatically
>compare actual and expected results.
>
>I'm sorry to bother you with this request, as I know that you have
>been contacted at least once before for a similar request.
>However the message which I was able to find
>(http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2002/001809.html)
>does not seem clear enough, so I am writing with, I hope,
>a more specific request.
>
>Thanks very much for your time, I appreciate it a lot.
>I'll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
>
>Robert Dodier
>Maxima project administrator
>
>PS. These are the files which I wish to copy.
>I found these at http://www.math.unm.edu/~wester/demos/.
>
>Algebra/problems.macsyma
>BooleanLogic/problems.macsyma
>Calculus/problems.macsyma
>Combinatorics/problems.macsyma
>ComplexDomain/problems.macsyma
>DefiniteIntegrals/problems.macsyma
>Equations/problems.macsyma
>IndefiniteIntegrals/problems.macsyma
>Inequalities/problems.macsyma
>Limits/problems.macsyma
>MathvsCS/local.macsyma
>MathvsCS/match.macsyma
>MatrixTheory/problems.macsyma
>Numbers/problems.macsyma
>NumberTheory/problems.macsyma
>NumericalAnalysis/problems.macsyma
>ODEs/problems.macsyma
>Operators/problems.macsyma
>PDEs/problems.macsyma
>PDEs/heat.macsyma
>Products/problems.macsyma
>Programming/problems.macsyma
>Programming/dif.macsyma
>Series/problems.macsyma
>SetTheory/problems.macsyma
>SpecialFunctions/problems.macsyma
>Statistics/problems.macsyma
>Sums/problems.macsyma
>TensorAnalysis/problems.macsyma
>Transforms/problems.macsyma
>Trigonometry/problems.macsyma
>VectorAnalysis/problems.macsyma
>ZeroEquivalence/problems.macsyma