[Rd] unlicense

[Charles Geyer]

In that case, perhaps the question could be changed to could CC0 be
added to the list of R licences.  Right now the only CC licence that
is in the R licenses is CC-BY-SA-4.0.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Brian G. Peterson <brian at braverock.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 22:46 -0500, Kevin Ushey wrote:
>> It appears that Unlicense is considered a free and GPL-compatible
>> license; however, the page does suggest using CC0 instead (which is
>> indeed a license approved / recognized by CRAN). CC0 appears to be
>> the primary license recommended by the FSF for software intended for
>> the public domain.
>
> I'd second the recommendation for CC0.  Lawyers at IP-restrictive firms
> I've worked for in the past have been OK with this license.
>
>  - Brian
>



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Charles Geyer
Professor, School of Statistics
Resident Fellow, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Minnesota
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