What would be the problem in using Sagemath, as it is the name of the website for example ? Besides, what is the use of such a procedure for Sage ?
On Nov 1, 4:05 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > Vincent Delecroix wrote: > > Hi, > > > As you probably knows, Sage is also a company (http://www.sage.com). > > It provides financial or buisness software solution. In particular, > > the name "Sage" is a registered trademark at the Patent Office (UK) > > under the number 2387 (?). It concerns any software dealing with > > comptability and finance. > > > The french foundation framasoft (http://www.framasoft.net/) was in > > trouble with them in 2006 because of the publication of a notice > > concerning an extension of Firefox named "Sage" (to read RSS). The > > company wrote to them to clear the notice. But the law was not on the > > company side because the registration concerned only "financial > > software" ! (read the story in french at > >http://framablog.org/index.php/post/2006/12/18/Framasoft-pas-Sageor > >http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/33591-sage-framasoft-contrefacon.htm). > > > What about SAGE for mathematics (there is a finance module) ? What is > > the interaction between the registered name by the company and the > > GPL ? > > I see this is a future issue. I recall viewing one of the Mathematica seminars > (many available free online) and seeing a pie chart showing Mathematica's > usage > in different areas. Finance was the single largest sector on that graph. > > A look on job sites for jobs requiring Mathematica skills, seems to indicate > that the very few such jobs, are indeed mainly in finance. (Perhaps they are > the > only industries able to afford the software!!) > > The GPL does not stop someone selling a finance module for Sage. Legal issues > with the company Sage might well do. So this could be an unfortunate > restriction. > > Personally, I think this is only a matter of WHEN this happens, NOT if it > happens. Of course, it's unlikely anyone will ever be able to prove that > statement wrong! > > Renaming the project might not be popular, but it might be the best long-term > solution to once and for all put an end to any worries. > > Note also, that any legal view of this would need to take into account a > global > view, not just the USA. > > Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
