On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:23 PM, David Joyner<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:02 PM, David Joyner<[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Ondrej Certik<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> if anyone would like to create a nice webpage for sympy.org, it'd be >>> awesome. We need it, since for example now: >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/sympy/ >>> >>> is down at the moment and we can do absolutely nothing about it. So >>> there should be at least some basic info about sympy, link to docs, >>> etc. Maybe we could make our front page using sphinx as well, just >>> like here: >>> >>> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ >>> http://sphinx.pocoo.org/ >>> >>> Also, unrelated note, I already got about two requests from some >>> students from Cuba, that google is apparently blocking sympy downloads >>> for them, probably because of the US embargo [1]. Could someone >>> clarify if it's illegal for us to provide downloads and do not block >>> Cuba? I don't want to get into some legal troubles because of that, >>> but blocking downloads seems silly to me. >> >> >> Yes, google seems to be blocking some downloads: >> http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-10-14-n65.html >> I am not a lawyer but I think it is legal for you to provide >> sympy for download. You are not providing a service, >> Google is (marketing, for example), so they should obey >> export restrictions. (It would be interesting to know if Wolfram Alpha >> has implemented similar restrictions.) There is for example an >> explicit export restriction in Maxima's license (which is >> included in Sage), yet they provide downloads everywhere >> from their sourceforge.net page. In fact, there may have been >> a thread about this on sage-devel some time ago but I'm >> not sure. > > I looked more. The page http://www.bis.doc.gov/licensing/exportingbasics.htm > refers to the control list at > http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/txt/indexccl.txt > The portion related to sympy is this: > > Software, see product group D for controls in each category > Software, adaptive control . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D002.b.2 > Software, adaptive control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D992.a > Software, electronic devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D002 > Software, for coordinating function of multiple subsystems for use in > missiles9D105 > Software, for potable electric generator development or production2D994 > Software for Nuclear materials, facilities and equipment0D001 > Software, multi-data-stream processing equipment operating systems 4D003.a > Software, numerical control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2D002 > Software, real time processing in machine tools. . . 2D002.b > Software, real time processing equipment operating systems4D993.c > Software, recovery of source code. . . . . . . . . 5D001.c.2 > "Software" specially designed or modified for the "development", > "production" or "use" of equipment controlled by 2A9832D983 > "Software" specially designed for the "development" of the equipment > controlled by 3A0033D004 > Software, multi-data-stream processing equipment compilers4D003.a > > Since sympy does not control a machine of some type in some way, > I think you are okay. Maxima is not on this list either but Maxima was > produced in part by the DOE, so presumably it was required to obey > export control > for other reasons.
Many thanks for looking into that David. I think we'll create a sphinx like frontpage and put there links to downloads (also other than google code, so that it's not restricted), then we should be fine. Ondrej --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
