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

[Peter Ehlers]

I have to come to the defence of Insightful here. In my
experience, they have been one of the better software companies
I've dealt with. (Try getting Microsoft to fix something.)
I think that their new packages initiative is an excellent idea.

Peter Ehlers

eugene dalt wrote:

> 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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