All this is included in the distribution in "doc" folder: 1. see FAQ: "2.11 Can I use R for commercial purposes?" 2. Specific GNU License is in file COPYING
HTH, Jim Porzak Responsys, Inc. San Francisco, CA http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimporzak On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:32 AM, zerfetzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I use R at home, and am interested in using it at my work company (which is > in the Fortune 100). I began the request, and our legal team has given some > gruff about the open source license. Not boring you with the details here, > but I used some info on gnu.org as a rebuttal, and someone at the company > replied that the generalities of GNU GPL may differ from R's specific GNU > GPL license, and that I should refer specifically to it, and it should be on > the CRAN website. > > I may be blind, but haven't seen such a document. Does one exist, and how > may I obtain it? I believe they are wrong. Our legal team is notorious for > being overly conservative, and I'm personally betting they think I won't > look into it, and then they won't have to deal with it. But I will, and I > want to use R. Thanks. > > PS > Sorry if the document was posted and obvious, and I simply couldn't find it. > Thanks. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Legality-Question-about-R%27s-Open-Source-GNU-GPL-License-tp18696623p18696623.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.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.
