Re: [Rd] License of R manuals

2010-09-29 Thread Hadley Wickham
> Hmm, well... I have always understood it so that: (a) yes, it's GPL-2 (what > else could it be) and (b) it means that the restrictions of GPL apply insofar > as they make sense, e.g., you can pick it apart and reuse it in other GPL-2 > or compatible products, but not take it proprietary. Upon

Re: [Rd] License of R manuals

2010-09-29 Thread Peter Dalgaard
On Sep 29, 2010, at 17:05 , Hadley Wickham wrote: > Hi all, > > Under what license are the R manuals (R language definition etc) > released? They are not mentioned explicitly in license() and have no > license information in the individual documents. Does this mean that > they are released und

[Rd] License of R manuals

2010-09-29 Thread Hadley Wickham
Hi all, Under what license are the R manuals (R language definition etc) released? They are not mentioned explicitly in license() and have no license information in the individual documents. Does this mean that they are released under GPL-2? If so, what does that mean, given that they aren't so