[R] van der Corput sequences

Alberto, I think the functions below do what you want: vanDerCorput(12,6) [1] 0.1667 0. 0.5000 0.6667 0.8333 0.0278 [7] 0.1944 0.3611 0.5278 0.6944 0.8611 0.0556 Regards, Carlos number2digits=function(n,base){ #first digit in output is

[R] licensing of R packages

I know the standard answer to this kind of question is get legal advice from a lawyer, but I would like to hear the (hopefully informed) opinion of other people. I would say that, according to the FSF's interpretation of the GPL, any R code using GPL packages can be distributed legally only

Re: [R] licensing of R packages

Prof Brian Ripley wrote: I'm not going into the original question except to point out that R is licensed under GPL-2 and the quote was from the GPL-3 FAQ. As FSF themselves insist, the two licences are incompatible. Let me quote the corresponding section in the GPL2 FAQ, then:

Re: [R] licensing of R packages

Barry Rowlingson wrote: This misconception of the license terms comes about because of the use of the word 'use'. If I distribute a short C program that has a call in it to a function that has the same name as something in the GSL, does my C program use the GSL? No. Maybe it _mentions_ the

Re: [R] licensing of R packages

Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote: The way to lose a GPL lawsuit is to incorporate GPL'd code into your own project, and then not follow the GPL when you redistribute. There's evidence of that. But I've never heard of anyone linking to but not distributing GPL'd code and being sued for it, let