Re: [Rd] Non-free packages in CRAN

2011-11-18 Thread Joris Meys
2011/11/18 Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso : > > I don't see how MOSEK is making free software stronger. It's not > encouraging the usage of more free software. It's encouraging the use > of MOSEK. MOSEK should not be endorsed by an organisation that is > supposed to promote free software. > > If these rea

Re: [Rd] Non-free packages in CRAN

2011-11-18 Thread Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso
2011/11/18 Simon Urbanek : > I think you are misunderstanding a few things here. First, "R" > doesn't endorse anything - it is a program, It is also an organisation and that organisation has a website. Someone is responsible for the contents of that website and the views espoused in it. Saying tha

Re: [Rd] Non-free packages in CRAN

2011-11-18 Thread Simon Urbanek
Jordi, I think you are misunderstanding a few things here. First, "R" doesn't endorse anything - it is a program, it does what you tell it to do. Second, whoever runs R-forge doesn't endorse the packages hosted on it, either. It's just an infrastructure, with no claim about endorsement of the p