[R] Question about ‘The R Project’.

[Hadley Wickham]

>> We have a question about ‘The R Project’.
>>
>> It looks like it’s an open source software, but the document from the website shows that it’s free of use not free of price.
>>
>> Please, confirm us the if it cost fees to use it for commercial use.
>>
>> If needed, could you inform us the price for it, too?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jane Kim.
>>
>
> Can I use R for commercial purposes?
> https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f <https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f>
>
> If you mean RStudio you have to pay for commercial use. RStudio and R are different.
> https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/ <https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/>

That's not true, as RStudio is also open source.  You don't have to
pay to use it commercially, but you might want to pay to use it
commercial because we provide additional features of use to people in
bigger companies.

Hadley

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