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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-GUI mailing list > R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-GUI mailing list R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui
