By: rusty
The end. This settlement is bogus. It mandates that everyone who by now hates CRC must sign that hideously odious transfer of all rights to the very people who've screwed them if they want to...
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An exclusive and free resource of updated saleable work and a settlement guaranteeing payment for unsold units by the creator and maintainer of said resource. Seems fair.
View ArticleBy: j.edwards
Well thank god. No thanks to the creeping evil that is CRC, of course, but still... I bought my copy of the book before CRC became anathema, but it's big and heavy, and hypertext is more pleasing
View ArticleBy: lotsofno
CRC isn't a person. very well, if you want to be picky about it.. ::rephrases:: how do the people at CRC sleep at night?
View ArticleBy: meep
it's easy. CRC isn't a person. I'm glad to see mathworld back, I used to use it as my first reference for all sorts of stuff, esp. looking up special functions. It's certainly easier to do that than...
View ArticleBy: mmarcos
I got wind of this because Eric sent out an email that it was back online. I have to agree that the conditions of the settlement are poor. But I also thought, 1) Wolfram must have had good legal...
View ArticleBy: bcwinters
That's a really lousy settlement, if you ask me. What I don't really understand is WHY they would continue the MathWorld "brand" if it's just going to pour more money into CRC's pockets. Surely their...
View ArticleBy: vacapinta
Did you get this from Ed Pegg's site? I believe he works at Wolfram now. I have been a loyal reader of mathpuzzle.com nearly since its inception. I'm afraid this will bore or confuse most of the design...
View ArticleBy: dhartung
I thought this was good news -- until I read about the settlement. It's approximately similar to a losing army accepting terms of surrender, giving up their weapons and their land at one stroke. CRC...
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MathWorld is back online. And what a nightmare the experience has been. (And still is? New entries now require filling out this permissions form.)
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