Re: [R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Ebert,Timothy Aaron
: Re: [R] Questions about R [External Email] This is a volunteer Help list for users of R, which is open source, so you can see all its code. I can answer no to your questions, unless you are using one of R's innumerable packages that interacts with the internet and to which the user may give

Re: [R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Spencer Graves
Hi, Shaun: I suggest you also check the Wikipedia article on "R (programming language)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language) That article has 115 numbered "References" that provide more information. You don't have to believe anything you read anywhere. However

Re: [R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Rui Barradas
Às 12:10 de 17/08/2023, Shaun Parr escreveu: Sent from Outlook for Android Hi there, My name is Shaun and I work in an organisation where one of our users wishes to install the R software and our process is to assess the safety of anyone software prior to

Re: [R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Bert Gunter
Incidentally, you might be interested in the banner shown when R starts up: "R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY." I believe this is standard for open source software (upon which a lot of organizations depend). In any case, that might be the most definitive and "official"

Re: [R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Bert Gunter
This is a volunteer Help list for users of R, which is open source, so you can see all its code. I can answer no to your questions, unless you are using one of R's innumerable packages that interacts with the internet and to which the user may give personal information to enable the desired

Re: [R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Jeff Newmiller
1. R is open source software. You are welcome to review the source code of the R interpreter for handling of PII. No warranty is offered by the (volunteer) developers of R. 2. R software is a programming interpreter, which by definition allows for a wide range of behaviours. Users of R

[R] Questions about R

2023-08-17 Thread Shaun Parr
Sent from Outlook for Android Hi there, My name is Shaun and I work in an organisation where one of our users wishes to install the R software and our process is to assess the safety of anyone software prior to authorisation. I can’t seem to locate all the

[R] Questions about R

2013-11-06 Thread Silvia Espinoza
Good morning. I am interested in downloading R. I would appreciate if you can help me with the following questions, please. 1. Is R free, or I have to pay for support/maintenance, or it depends on the version? Is there a paid version? 2. How safe is it to work with data using R? Is

Re: [R] Questions about R

2013-11-06 Thread Ye Lin
You can get details at http://www.r-project.org/ But to answer your question: Yes it is free On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Silvia Espinoza siles...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning. I am interested in downloading R. I would appreciate if you can help me with the following questions, please.

Re: [R] Questions about R

2013-11-06 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Ye Lin ye...@lbl.gov wrote: You can get details at http://www.r-project.org/ But to answer your question: Yes it is free But there is also a paid version. Send me $1000 and I will send you R on a USB stick, complete with all the source code. Seriously, other

Re: [R] Questions about R

2013-11-06 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Silvia Espinoza siles...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning. I am interested in downloading R. I would appreciate if you can help me with the following questions, please. 1. Is R free, or I have to pay for support/maintenance, or it depends on the version? Is