Hi, Thanks for your first answers.
So, should we contact the R foundation team members to inform them of our project on the Android platform and on the Cydia Store ? If yes, could you give us their email please ? Or should we write to the president of the R foundation for instance ? Best regards. Apps Embedded Team. 2014-12-09 23:49 GMT+01:00 Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com>: > > > 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. > >> > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
