On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Tobias Verbeke <tobias.verb...@openanalytics.eu> wrote: > On 04/07/2011 04:46 PM, Ista Zahn wrote: > >> I don't think R-help is the appropriate place for this question. >> Probably you will have more luck at http://www.theattorneysforum.com/ >> or some such. > > I would hope, though, there are means for community members > to express their concerns in some medium of the community.
Of course, and I find the discussion interesting. My point was really that I doubt there are many lawyers on this list, and that the chances of getting a sound legal opinion on the matter might be higher elsewhere. Best, Ista > > Fortes fortuna iuvat! > > Best, > Tobias > >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Matthew Dowle<mdo...@mdowle.plus.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Duncan, >>> >>> Letting you know then that I just don't see how the first paragraph here >>> : >>> >>> http://www.revolutionanalytics.com/downloads/gpl-sources.php >>> >>> is compatible with clause 2(b) here : >>> >>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html >>> >>> Perhaps somebody could explain why it is? >>> >>> Matthew >>> >>> >>> "Duncan Murdoch"<murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:4d9da9ff.9020...@gmail.com... >>>> >>>> On 07/04/2011 7:47 AM, Matthew Dowle wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Peter, >>>>> >>>>> If the proprietary part of REvolution's product is ok, then surely >>>>> Stanislav's suggestion is too. No? >>>> >>>> Revolution has said that they believe they follow the GPL, and they >>>> haven't been challenged on that. If you think that they don't, you >>>> could >>>> let an R copyright holder know what they're doing that's a license >>>> violation. >>>> >>>> My opinion of Stanislav's question is that he doesn't give enough >>>> information to answer. If he is planning to distribute R as part of his >>>> product, he needs to follow the GPL. If not, I don't think any R >>>> copyright holder has anything to complain about. >>>> >>>> Duncan Murdoch >>>> >>>>> Matthew >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "peter dalgaard"<pda...@gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:be157cf5-9b4b-45a0-a7d4-363b774f1...@gmail.com... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 7, 2011, at 09:45 , Stanislav Bek wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> is it possible to use some statistic computing by R in proprietary >>>>>>> software? >>>>>>> Our software is written in c#, and we intend to use >>>>>>> http://rdotnet.codeplex.com/ >>>>>>> to get R work there. Especially we want to use loess function. >>>>>> >>>>>> You need to take legal advice to be certain, but offhand I would say >>>>>> that >>>>>> this kind of circumvention of the GPL is _not_ allowed. >>>>>> >>>>>> It all depends on whether the end product is a "derivative work", in >>>>>> which >>>>>> case, the whole must be distributed under a GPL-compatible licence. >>>>>> The >>>>>> situation around GPL-incompatible plug-ins or plug-ins interfacing to >>>>>> R in >>>>>> GPL -incompatible software is legally murky, but using R as a >>>>>> subroutine >>>>>> library for proprietary code is clearly crossing the line, as far as >>>>>> I >>>>>> can >>>>>> tell. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Peter Dalgaard >>>>>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School >>>>>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark >>>>>> Phone: (+45)38153501 >>>>>> Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> >> > > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
