[R] S-PLUS 8 beta program [repost]

[eugene dalt]

In addition, I think people should always explore ways
to repackage exclusive S-Plus facilities and libraries
into R. By rewritting them or using GPL loopholes. 

It seems to me that Insightful is very good at
protecting whatever they "create" and the same time
feels very comfortable taking R stuff to keep they
clients happy. In essence they are selling free stuff.


--- Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:

> 	  Correct:  I'm not an attorney, but I've read the
> GPL.  It clearly 
> says that if you have software that has
> functionality independent of GPL 
> code, the GPL applies to the code you use to connect
> to GPL code not to 
> your original code.  Thus, Insightful would have to
> make publicly 
> available anything special they do to link to GPL
> code that they can't 
> reasonably claim works for other purposes.  However,
> they are not 
> required to reveal other parts of their source code.
> 
> 	  hope this helps,
> 	  spencer graves
> 
> Philippe Grosjean wrote:
> 
> > David Smith wrote:
> > 
> >>The GPL code is available as separately-downloaded
> packages for S-PLUS, as
> >>has been done for many years. My own Oswald
> library for S-PLUS was published
> >>under the GPL in 1997, for example, and many other
> authors produce
> >>open-source libraries for S-PLUS under a variety
> of licenses.  The only
> >>difference is that they will be packaged as, well,
> packages rather than
> >>libraries.
> >>
> >># David Smith
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for the explanation. The fact that GPL
> code is distributed 
> > *separately* from S-PLUS is the key point here.
> > 
> > PhG
> > 
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