on 09/22/2008 11:26 AM Bert Chan wrote: > Warranty on Accuracy, Precision, Legality, ... of R in Research > > (These questions may well have been raised.) > > What is the implied warranty of using R for research & publications, > consulting, etc.? > > Alternately, how does one obtain such a warranty? > > Your answers will be much appreciated. > > Perhaps you can point me to some websites which discussed this subject in the > past. > > Thanks & regards - > > Bert > > (Bertram K. C. Chan, PhD)
As per the banner that appears whenever you start up R: "R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details." The suitability of R for any particular application is entirely up to the user. Legally, there is nothing preventing you from using R for such applications relative to the license under which R is made available. You did not indicate the specific type of research you have in mind, but if it might be in the domain of clinical trials, please review: http://www.r-project.org/doc/R-FDA.pdf HTH, Marc Schwartz ______________________________________________ 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.
