[Rd] Possible GPL Violation
Barry Rowlingson
b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk
Wed Oct 22 23:17:58 CEST 2008
> It seems unlikely that the functionality of this program can be separated
> from the R-packages upon which it relies, thus making them one work subject
> to GPL. Does anyone have any experience with this software/company? Any
> thoughts?
They're not distributing R itself:
"You must have R on your computer to use these programs. R is
freeware and complete instructions for obtaining and installing it are
contained in ZumaStat."
- and there's no reason why you can't distribute your own R functions
under any license you want.
So, not a GPL violation in my opinion. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer,
although I read some of my ex-girlfriend's contract law books...
Barry
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