[R-gui] GPL licensing issues with a commercial R GUI

[Serge Merzliakov]

This is exactly what I would like to do. There would be some text editor 
type functionality which would then be run through R and the outpur 
displayed.

Gavin Simpson wrote:
> I am not a lawyer, but at important distinction here is what one means
> by "linked". You're not linking against R if you just run some R code
> through it and capture the output for example. This is how Brodgar, for
> example, does what Serge wants to achieve --- see their statement on R,
> Brodgar and the GPL:
>
> www.brodgar.com
>
> http://www.brodgar.com/brodgar.htm#2.%20Brodgar%20and%20R
>
> Whilst, from a personal point of view agree with Michael's statement
> about producing an open source app and then sell support, we all don;t
> have to follow that moral.
>
> G
>
> On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 02:05 -0700, Michael Lawrence wrote:
>   
>> Well, there's a big question as to whether non-GPL can link to GPL code.
>> It's never been really tested in court. If I were you, I'd just make it
>> open-source and sell your support for it.
>>
>> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:19 AM, Serge Merzliakov <smerzlia at optusnet.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> All,
>>>  I am interested in devloping a commercial java-based (why the language is
>>> important is discussed later) GUI for R. The app would allow the GUI to edit
>>> R commands and the results displayed in varios means. I have investigated
>>> various java based libraries to invoke R and they follow the apache license
>>> model (friendlier to commercial software developers). I understand the that
>>> R is released under the GPL license, which I have a reasonable understanding
>>> of.  SO my question is simple, Can I develop a a commerical GUI for R (which
>>> would require R to be isntalled separately on the machine) without having to
>>> also release my source code ?
>>>
>>> I am hoping that some of core R development team see this and can provide
>>> useful feedback.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Serge
>>>
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