On 09/12/2014, 4:26 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote: > >> On Dec 9, 2014, at 10:44 AM, Henrik Bengtsson <h...@biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote: >> >> On Dec 9, 2014 6:38 AM, "Apps Embedded" <apps.embed...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We have published an Android app called R Console on the Play Store since >>> Décember 2013. >>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsopensource.R >>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsopensource.Rpremium >>> >>> In the mean time, we have developped its equivalent app for the App Store. >>> We released it on march 2014. We have been approved from this date by Apple >>> to publish it world wide. >>> Recently, we learnt that GPL app are not compatible with the App Store >>> distribution licence. >> >> What I would like to write here, would fall under "this is certainly >> not a topic for R devel", so I refrain. >> >> However, I can say that it's likely your problems wouldn't have stopped >> there; >> >> [R] R on the iPhone/iPad? Not so much....a GPL violation >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2010-June/240901.html >> >> /Henrik > > Hi, > > I might add that, given the intentions expressed below, in terms of doing > this on a jailbroken iOS device via Cydia, the concerns raised in the Apple > iOS SDK, that I referenced in the above linked post from 2010, essentially go > away. > > They would still be germane, as may now be expressed in the current SDK, > including the use of the new Swift language, if the OP's intent was to pursue > this via official AppStore channels and am surprised that it was approved by > Apple previously given the indicated content and functionality of the app. > > The primary intention of jailbreaking an iOS device is, of course, to > circumvent Apple's restrictions on the software that can be installed by > using third party distribution channels and in the tools that can be used to > develop apps. > > That being said, the licensing issues, as Duncan raised in his reply, are > still germane and permission from the R Foundation should be sought for any > uses involving R Foundation copyrighted content. That would be relevant for > both the iOS implementation and the Android implementation.
Just to be clear: everybody already has permission from the R copyright holders to use R within the existing licenses. There's no need to seek extra permission for that. Trademarks are different... Duncan Murdoch > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > > P.S. I echo's Duncan's comment, in that I am also a member of the R > Foundation, but am not speaking here on it's behalf. > > >> >>> >>> Thus we decided to remove the iOS app from the App Store several days ago. >>> >>> We are thinking of publishing the same app published under Cydia with a >>> freemium model. >>> Its licence would be GPL v3. >>> >>> What we would like to do under Cydia with R Console is to have the >>> following behavior : >>> - free version will be able to run recommended packages and graphics are >>> not enabled. A small ad banner is present on top of the app. >>> - premium version will be the same as the free version except the ad banner >>> will not be present anymore and 3 compilers will be integrated into the app >>> in order to be able to compile and run most of the Cran packages from >>> source. >>> - graphics may be added in a second step. >>> >>> The app will be considered as a bundle of open-source tools. This bundle >>> will be under the Gnu General Public Licence version 3. Each open-source >>> tool which contributes to the overall bundle will stay in its original >>> licence (R is GPL v2 for instance) but the bundle will be GPL v3. >>> >>> >>>> From your point of view, do you see any legal issue with this project under >>> Cydia for jailbroken iOS devices? >>>> From a trademark point of view, is the name of the apps "R Console Free" >>> and "R Console Premium" ok ? >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> Apps Embedded Team. > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
