[Bioc-devel] Binary file (flash SWF) in source package?

[Gábor Csárdi]

Dear BioC developers,

what is your current position regarding binary files in BioConductor
source packages? I have a package that visualizes overlapping
biclusters, and the interactive visualization part in written in Adobe
Flex. Flex creates a simple platform-independent SWF binary file that
can be used with most web browsers.

Putting this file into the source package has the advantage that one
does not have to have Adobe Flex installed to install the R package.
In addition to the binary, the Flex source code would be also included
in the package, of course, and the package license would be GPL.
Adobe Flex is free, as free beer, but it is not free or open source
software.

Thank you, Best Regards,
Gabor

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Gabor Csardi <Gabor.Csardi at unil.ch>     UNIL DGM