Simon King wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 1 Nov., 19:30, John Cremona <john.crem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> Is this really becoming a thread about changing the name from Sage to
>> something quite different? I hope not.
>
> Why not? Would you prefer being sued?
Exactly.
>
> Does the spelling make a difference? I have some weak remembrance
> saying that it does, but probably other people know better (better ask
> a lawier!). Then, it would suffice to change the name "Sage" (which,
> in this spelling, is taken by the accounting software) back into
> "SAGE" ("Statistics, Algebra, Geometry and Everything" -- OK, bad
> description).
>
> Regards,
> Simon
I think you need to remember that Sage is used in lots of countries. Asking a
lawyer in one country might not be too useful if
* The code is used in a commercial company,
* university
* Hosted on a web site
etc etc
in another country.
I think common sense would indicate there may be future issues, if the range of
applications of Sage (as in maths) gets too close to what the other Sage does.
Given financial application packages are sold for both Mathematica and Matlab,
Mathematica includes some inbuilt financial things, it suggests to me that
someone might try to write a financial application for Sage. Then things could
start being difficult.
Dave
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