[R] License Question

[Chi Chan]

Just remember that the Linux kernel is also licensed under GPL v2.

I am not sure if you pay for your Linux distribution. But for many gov
sites and for my copy of Linux, they just use Linux as a completely
free product -- in the sense that no money needs to be paid to a
company or anyone. However, if you want support for R, then you can
get it on this list, or you can pay someone for it.

--Chi


On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
> R is licensed under the GPL version 2, a pretty common license.  You should
> be able to get legal advice on it internally at your company.  If you ask on
> a forum like this, you'll get lots of advice, but some of it will likely be
> wrong.  I don't want to add to that, so I won't give any other than "ask
> internally".
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
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