Hi all,
Under what license are the R manuals (R language definition etc)
released? They are not mentioned explicitly in license() and have no
license information in the individual documents. Does this mean that
they are released under GPL-2? If so, what does that mean, given that
they aren't
On Sep 29, 2010, at 17:05 , Hadley Wickham wrote:
Hi all,
Under what license are the R manuals (R language definition etc)
released? They are not mentioned explicitly in license() and have no
license information in the individual documents. Does this mean that
they are released under
Hmm, well... I have always understood it so that: (a) yes, it's GPL-2 (what
else could it be) and (b) it means that the restrictions of GPL apply insofar
as they make sense, e.g., you can pick it apart and reuse it in other GPL-2
or compatible products, but not take it proprietary. Upon
