[R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

[Mike Prager]

At 11/23/2004 11:45 AM Tuesday, Patrick Burns wrote:

>...There could be an index builder that accepts a search phrase and
>the function or package that is the successful answer to the search.
>If this were open, then R users could contribute to the index who
>don't feel qualified to submit code. It could also help diffuse the
>frustration of taking too long to find a function by allowing a way
>to insure that the exact same thing doesn't happen to others.
>
>[...] No, I'm not volunteering to build the system.

Nor am I, but as one of those users, I would very gladly contribute to it.


-- 
Michael Prager, Ph.D.
Population Dynamics Team, NMFS SE Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
Beaufort, North Carolina  28516
http://shrimp.ccfhrb.noaa.gov/~mprager/