When 'getOption("checkPackageLicense")' is 'TRUE' and the user calls
'library(grid)' for the first time, R asks the user to either accept or
decline the package license. This should not be necessary as the package
license is "Part of R ..." with "..." denoting the R version number, and
R is free and open source.
The unnecessary license question is asked for the built-in packages
"compiler", "grid" and "parallel".
The source file where the checks happen is
"src/library/base/R/library.R". I think one solution could be to add
something like
if(identical(pkgInfo$DESCRIPTION[["Priority"]], "base")) return()
to the beginning of checkLicense(), or add more packages to the
hard-coded exemption list checked before calling checkLicense().
Also, in find.package(), the shortcut list of standard packages is
missing "compiler".
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Mikko Korpela
Department of Geosciences and Geography
University of Helsinki
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