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