[seqfan] Re: Interfaces to the OEIS:

[andre maute]

Dear Neal, Dear others,

I had this idea, and posted the idea (no program) to the maxima mailing list.

For my background i work mainly offline,
because i only have a slow analog modem dial-up internet connection.
so i searched for a offline opportunity to search in the OEIS database.

I did not look at the copyright issue, this was simply an idea,
when someone posted to the maxima mailing i found my dreams coming true.

I still had no opportunity to download the files Alexey Beshenov posted,
due to said slow internet connection.

I'm truly sorry,

Andre

On Monday 26 January 2009, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
> Dear Sequence Fans
>
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> Max Alekseyev said (today) that:
> > ... other OEIS interfaces exist, e.g.:
> >
> > Math.OEIS for haskell:
> > http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/oeis/0.2/doc/html/Math-OEIS.h
> >tml
> >
> > sage.databases.sloane in SAGE:
> > http://www.sagemath.org/doc/ref/module-sage.databases.sloane.html
> >
> > etc. etc.
> >
> > I'm just curious whether each such interface should have a permission
> > from Neil. For me such interfaces look like just a slightly different way
> > to access OEIS, not stealing any intellectual rights.
> > If there is no need to request a permission for using any particular
> > browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera etc.) to access OEIS, why there is
> > such a need for using math software instead of a browser?
>
> Me: I agree with this point of view.  It is OK for browsers and
> mathematical software to query the OEIS web site, as long as this is done
> within reasonable limits (for example, it should not put too great a load
> on the server here).
>
> On the other hand, it is not OK to distribute a copy of the OEIS
> with any software.
>
> Neil Sloane
>
> I will copy this to Alexey Beshenov and Andre Maute, who seem to be
> involved with the Maxima interface to the OEIS, which is what started this
> thread.
>
>
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