On 10/3/2012 7:26 AM, Marc Schwartz wrote:
On Oct 3, 2012, at 4:49 AM, Narendra <pratap.naren...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have developed one application using ggmap package.It is based on google
map.
I am a bit confused regarding its licensing terms.I want to know that can i
use it with my other applications.
Is it legal?
In the case of a third party CRAN package, you are better off contacting the
package maintainers directly.
With the caveat that I am not a lawyer, ggmap appears to be distributed under
the MIT license, which is more liberal than say the GPL. There is some
information here regarding the MIT license:
http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
which may be helpful.
Depending upon what you may be planning to do with your applications (eg.
integrate ggmap and sell your software) you should definitely contact a lawyer
with specific expertise in open source software licenses before proceeding. If
you simply plan to use ggmap and your software, without subsequent
distribution, then even the GPL would allow you to do that without restrictions.
Most critical issues vis-a-vis open source licenses come into play when you
cross the line from simply being a user/developer to copying and distributing.
In the latter case, whether you plan to charge for the resultant product or
make it available for free, is irrelevant.
free distribution vs. charging for the product is irrelevant?
Some licenses explicitly allow free distribution but not
commercial. ... ???
Spencer
Regards,
Marc Schwartz
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