Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Galkowski, Jan
Regarding the subject, I want to thank the many respondents for clarifying the nature of the relationship between R and the GPL, as well as giving help with the structure of R-delivered source. I want to emphasize I meant nothing at all harsh or accusatory in my email. I did say I had access to

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Berwin A Turlach
G'day Gavin, On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:36:57 +0100 Gavin Simpson wrote: [...] > I don't recall the GPL mentioning anything requiring that the source > code be "helpful". The authors have most certainly fulfilled their > requirements under GPL, as has CRAN in distributing the package > sources. > >

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Galkowski, Jan
- From: Gavin Simpson To: Galkowski, Jan Cc: Barry Rowlingson ; r-help@r-project.org Sent: Mon Jun 27 11:36:57 2011 Subject: Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 11:14 -0400, Galkowski, Jan wrote: > Fine. Attached. It's "waved&qu

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Gavin Simpson
ts under GPL, as has CRAN in distributing the package sources. Or am I being obtuse and completely missing your point? G > -Original Message- > From: b.rowling...@googlemail.com [mailto:b.rowling...@googlemail.com] On > Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:18

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Sarah Goslee
onday, June 27, 2011 10:18 AM > To: Galkowski, Jan > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Galkowski, Jan wrote: >> I wondered if there were standard practices in CRAN for deliver

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Uwe Ligges
essage- From: b.rowling...@googlemail.com [mailto:b.rowling...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:18 AM To: Galkowski, Jan Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:24 PM

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Galkowski, Jan
owling...@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:18 AM To: Galkowski, Jan Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Galkowski, Jan wrote: > I wondered if there were sta

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Galkowski, Jan wrote: > I wondered if there were standard practices in CRAN for delivery of R source > implementing functions in R packages. I has encountered a couple of packages > where the gzipped version of source contains very little, primarily the Help > f

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Galkowski, Jan wrote: > I wondered if there were standard practices in CRAN for delivery of R source > implementing functions in R packages. I has encountered a couple of packages > where the gzipped version of source contains very little, primarily the Help > file

Re: [R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Trevor Jenkins
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Galkowski, Jan wrote: > I wondered if there were standard practices in CRAN for delivery of R > source implementing functions in R packages. I has encountered a couple of > packages where the gzipped version of source contains very little, primarily > the Help fil

[R] Standards for delivery of GPL software in CRAN packages

2011-06-27 Thread Galkowski, Jan
I wondered if there were standard practices in CRAN for delivery of R source implementing functions in R packages. I has encountered a couple of packages where the gzipped version of source contains very little, primarily the Help files describing the functions in the package. In some cases I ca