About Genworks

The Short Version

Genworks International (a d.b.a. of Knowledge Based Solutions, a Michigan corporation) has been building knowledge-based engineering software since 1997. The product is Genworks GDL: a declarative language that captures engineering knowledge as executable code. Since 2002 it has run mission-critical applications in aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing.

Open Source

In 2011 we open-sourced the GDL kernel as the Gendl Project, under the AGPL. Gendl is meant as a free path for education, research, community. Genworks GDL adds the AGPL exceptions, industrial components, and support that production work sometimes requires. The open tooling around the stack — skewed-emacs and lisply-mcp — lives atgornskew.com.

Alliances

Long-term stability comes from long-term relationships:

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  Franz Inc — Allegro Common Lisp, developed continuously since 1984; support-continuity agreements in place.
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  SMLib — pre-NVIDIA-acquisition license for the renowned NURBS solid-modeling kernel.
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  HarmonyWare — expert STEP and IGES translation, deeply integrated with SMLib.
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  The Common Lisp community — decades of collective knowledge, still evolving.

Why Genworks?

We're not chasing venture capital or building for acquisition. We build for longevity: engineering knowledge systems your organization can rely on for decades, not quarters.