Macsyma - Computer Algebra System
History:
Macsyma was a computer algebra system based on MIT's Lisp
Machine technology.
The MIT project which produced Macsyma ran from 1967 to about 1982.
It was sponsored at by government agencies such as ARPA, NASA, DOE, as well
as some industrial contributors. The MIT people in charge of the project
sold an "exclusive"
license to commercialize it to Symbolics, Inc. Later, the rights were
sold to Macsyma, Inc, which is now stopped.
The license for macsyma on Strauss and Mahler expired in September of
2002. There seems to be no way we can acquire a license
to continue to run the version of macsyma installed on Strauss and
Mahler.
Maxima is
a Common Lisp implementation of MIT's Macsyma system and released
under the GNU Public License.