[Rd] Closed-source non-free ParallelR ?

[hadley wickham]

> Also, I'm confused about your dimissal of the MCE example.  If that code was
> a derivative work of R, how could it swap a GPL license for the BSD?  I
> didn't think such a switch was possible.  If it was, I'd imagine a lot more
> use of it, as a quick front project could make GPL software into BSD
> software after which all changes could go on behind closed doors.

And there are certainly many existing R packages with
non-free/non-open licenses:

http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ff/LICENSE
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/minpack.lm/LICENSE
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rngwell19937/LICENSE
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SDDA/LICENSE
...

Found with http://www.google.com/search?q=site:cran.r-project.org+cran+%22file+license%22



Hadley

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