Re: [Rd] R-base licensing question

2006-09-16 Thread Logan Lewis
On Sunday 17 September 2006 1:53 am, you wrote: > I'm not sure what you are asking, but in general R's GPL license is > completely irrelevant unless you are distributing R. If you're > writing a package and distributing only your own work, you can > license it as you like. >[snip] I realize how

Re: [Rd] R-base licensing question

2006-09-16 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 9/16/2006 10:42 PM, Logan Lewis wrote: > It is my understanding that R is licensed under the GPL with the > exception of a few header files for the purposes of linking binary code > with R under non-GPL licenses. > > However, the R-base package itself is licensed under the GPL, as are > many

[Rd] R-base licensing question

2006-09-16 Thread Logan Lewis
It is my understanding that R is licensed under the GPL with the exception of a few header files for the purposes of linking binary code with R under non-GPL licenses. However, the R-base package itself is licensed under the GPL, as are many (but not all) packages in CRAN. Furthermore, basical

Re: [Rd] pdf default version

2006-09-16 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Marc Schwartz (via MN) wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 12:12 -0500, Kevin Wright wrote: >> R has had the ability to generate pdfs with transparent colors for a >> couple of years now using pdf(..., version="1.4"). I presume we are talking about translucency aka semitransparenc

Re: [Rd] Ice cream flavor metaphor in statistical computing

2006-09-16 Thread Martin Maechler
> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on 16 Sep 2006 00:19:59 +0200 writes: PD> "Marc Schwartz (via MN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 16:05 -0500, Jeffrey Horner wrote: >> > Forgive me, but since it's Friday and I've been thinking about comm