Re: [R-gui] RE: [R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

2004-11-19 Thread David Lennartsson
Philippe Grosjean wrote: John W. Eaton wrote: On 17-Nov-2004, Philippe Grosjean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | - There is no possibility to make a commercial GUI for R (thanks to | the GPL), This is false. Please don't confuse commercial (Red Hat and SuSE GNU/Linux distributions are commercial

RE: [R-gui] RE: [R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

2004-11-18 Thread Philippe Grosjean
John W. Eaton wrote: On 17-Nov-2004, Philippe Grosjean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | - There is no possibility to make a commercial GUI for R (thanks to | the GPL), This is false. Please don't confuse commercial (Red Hat and SuSE GNU/Linux distributions are commercial software) with

RE: [R-gui] Re: [R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

2004-11-18 Thread Philippe Grosjean
Hello, I appreciate many comments and the various points of view, especially because there are a couple of clear explanations why several people do not need (or even do not want) a GUI for R! Another part of the discussion seems to switch to the never-ending question of what kind of GUI... which

RE: [R-gui] RE: [R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

2004-11-18 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Philippe Grosjean wrote: John W. Eaton wrote: On 17-Nov-2004, Philippe Grosjean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | - There is no possibility to make a commercial GUI for R (thanks to | the GPL), This is false. Please don't confuse commercial (Red Hat and SuSE GNU/Linux distributions

Re: [R-gui] Re: [R] The hidden costs of GPL software?

2004-11-17 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
Patrick Burns wrote: I'm a big advocate -- perhaps even fanatic -- of making R easier for novices in order to spread its use, but I'm not convinced that a GUI (at least in the traditional form) is the most valuable approach. Perhaps an overly harsh summary of some of Ted Harding's statements is: