On 6/27/2006 8:05 AM, Liaw, Andy wrote: > > From: Duncan Murdoch >> >> On 6/26/2006 3:14 PM, Dongseok Choi wrote: >> > Hello all! >> > >> > I hope this is the right place to post this question. >> > >> > The Oregon Chapter of ASA is working with local high >> school teachers as one of its outreaching program. >> > We hope to use and test R as teaching tools. >> > So, we think that a menu system (like R commander) with a >> few packages and a bit simplified installation instruction >> need to be developed. >> > >> > The main question is: >> > 1) >> > Is it OK to develop a customized CD-ROM distribution of R >> with pre-selected packages for high school? >> > It will be distributed free, of course. >> > Also, we plan to make it available from the chap web or >> deposit it to R-project, if requested. >> >> Generally the answer is yes, but read the GPL for the >> conditions. You do need to make the source code available. > > I was under the impression that telling the user how to get the source code > would satisfy the GPL, instead of distributing the source along with the > binary. Is that right?
Possibly, but not necessarily. See section 3 of the GPL, distributed in the COPYING file with R. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
