On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:02 , Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 11-07-01 4:13 PM, Mohit Dayal wrote: >> Dear R-programmers, >> >> I would like to use one of the AS Algorithms that used to be published in >> the journal Applied Statistics of the Royal Statistical Society (Series C). >> FORTRAN code based on these are available on the Statlib website at >> >> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/modules.php?op=modload&name=PostWrap&file=index&page=apstat/ >> >> with the disclaimer, >> >> *"The Royal Statistical Society holds the copyright to these routines, but >> has given its permission for their distribution provided that no fee is >> charged."* >> * >> * >> *Does this make these programs compatible with an open source license like >> GPL-2 ? More specifically, can one safely include them in an R package?* > > I think that is not GPL-2 compatible. If I'm right, they could still be > included in an R package if a more permissive license is used on the whole > package. I don't know if CRAN will allow you to put one license on some > parts of the code, and another on those files.
As for AS algorithms actually _in_ R, we have a statement from the RSS to the effect that it is OK to use them in R since R is free software. (I forget the exact wording.) I would expect that to carry over to other GPL software, but it could be prudent to ask the RSS explicitly. -pd -- Peter Dalgaard Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
