[R-pkg-devel] Licenses

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 22/10/2020 10:21 a.m., Kevin R. Coombes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am developing a package and getting a NOTE from R CMD check about
> licenses and ultimate dependencies on a restrictive license, which I
> can't figure out how to fix.
> 
> My package imports flowCore, which has an Artistic-2.0 license.
> But flowCore imports cytolib, which has a license from the Fred
> Hutchinson Cancer Center that prohibits commercial use.
> 
> I tried using the same license as flowCore, but still get the NOTE. Does
> anyone know which licenses can be used to be compatible with the Fred
> Hutch license? Or can I just do what flowCore apparently does and ignore
> the NOTE?

flowCore is a Bioconductor package, not on CRAN.  Are you intending to 
send yours there, or to CRAN?  I suspect Bioconductor is happy with the 
Hutch's license.

Duncan Murdoch