Michael, All,
You may want to check the following link: www.biocep.net ,
it's about a general unified open source (Apache 2.0) solution for
integrating R.
I have been working on it for about a year and a half, it's still work
in progress but most of the announced features are in full working order.
I should release it before the tutorial I will be giving during useR!
2008 (http://www.statistik.uni-dortmund.de/useR-2008/tutorials/chine.html)
Biocep use cases include : run R as a Server (RMI,HTTP,SOAP) , generate
Web Services for R functions (stateful/stateless), deploy an R
virtualization infrastructure,
use a highly-productive workbench to control R Servers ( multi-platform
GUI for R, most advanced one currently available with spreadsheet views,
embedded jEdit,
interactive Zoom/Scroll on R graphics, extensibility with plugins,..)
and more..
Slides can be found here :
http://biocep-distrib.r-forge.r-project.org/distR.pdf
Best wishes,
Karim
Michael Lawrence wrote:
Rserve would be a convenient means to get around dynamic linking.
The "derivative work" clause of the GPL has never been clear to me. Where to
draw the line? Why should piping data between processes be treated any
different from dynamic linking? They're just different interfaces to achieve
approximately the same effect.
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Gavin Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 <
[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
--
%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
Dr. Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522
ECRC, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565
Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk
Gower Street, London [w]
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/%7Eucfagls/>
UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk
%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%
[[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
_______________________________________________
R-SIG-GUI mailing list
R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui
