Re: [R] R dataset copyrights

2014-04-24 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 24/04/2014 22:33, Greg Snow wrote: Many, probably even most (but I have not checked) of the datasets available in R packages have help files with a references section. That section should lead you to an original source that may have the copyright information and is what should be referenced.

Re: [R] R dataset copyrights

2014-04-24 Thread Greg Snow
Many, probably even most (but I have not checked) of the datasets available in R packages have help files with a references section. That section should lead you to an original source that may have the copyright information and is what should be referenced. My understanding (but I am not a lawyer,

[R] R dataset copyrights

2014-04-22 Thread Soeren Groettrup
Hi everybody, I've been searching the web for quite a time now and haven't found a satisfying answer. I was wondering if the datasets provided within the R packages are open, and thus can be used in publications? Concretely, can the data, for example, be exported from R and uploaded in a diffe