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In article <neuhaus.701348575@vier> neuhaus@vier.informatik.uni-kl.de (Stephan Neuhaus (HiWi Mattern)) writes:
>rocek@dirac.physics.sunsyb.edu (Martin Rocek) writes:
>
>>Is there anyone at FSF who is interested in writing a free replacement
>>for Mathematica?  Wolfram has one of the most predatory policies that
>>I know of;
>As far as I know, Wolfram is *very* jealous about anybody who tries to
>create a Mathematica-lookalike.  Some time ago, in this newsgroup there
>was a thread about somebody who created a LISP frontend to accept
>Mathematica-like input (forgot the name, sorry).  It was called
>L-Mathematica.
>
>Wolfram's lawyer(s) sent the author a letter, suggesting that Wolfram
>had a copyright on such things like names beginning with capital letters
>etc.  (you know, like Sin, Cos, etc.) and on the square brackets used to
>delimit function arguments, and on the name Mathematica itself.  This
>was all very politely worded but did not leave any doubts about what
>would happen if the author didn't comply.
> [...]
> [Discussion of what would be involved in cloning Mathematica deleted]

The unfortunate fact of the matter is you will also need a good
lawyer.  You will be sued.  Even if you have a right to do what you're
doing, Wolfram has a right to sue you.  And if you are sued, even if
you're right, you'll lose without a lawyer.

-Joel