> On Dec 9, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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
Thanks for the clarification Duncan, I was imprecise in my language. Regards, Marc > >> 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
