[R] Questions about R

[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 you many know that almost anyone can change almost anything on 
Wikipedia.  What stays tends to be written from a neutral point of view 
citing credible sources.  Many Wikipedia articles contain sections on 
controveries, etc.  I don't find anything like that in this article, 
with good reason.


	  Hope this helps.
	  Spencer Graves


On 8/17/23 11:48 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> 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" answer you can get.
> 
> Bert
> 
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 9:17 AM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> functionality (logins, etc.).  But of course how do you know that I am not
>> some malevolent agent or organization wishing to mislead you for my own
>> nefarious purposes?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bert
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 8:37 AM Shaun Parr <portvale_fc using hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>> information that we require on the webpage, so could someone kindly advise
>>> me of the following information please?
>>>
>>> 1. Please can you confirm what user information the software collects
>>> (E.g. Name, password, e-mail address, any Personally Identifiable
>>> Information etc)?
>>> 2. If any is collected, please can you confirm if the information
>>> collected by the software stays locally on the device or if it is
>>> transferred anywhere. If it is transferred, could you please advise where
>>> it is transferred to (E.g. your own servers, or a third party data centre
>>> such as Amazon Web Services or Azure)?
>>> 3. Are there any third-party components installed within the software
>>> and, if so, are these also kept up-to-date?
>>>
>>> If you could kindly advise this information, it would be really
>>> appreciated, thank you 😊
>>>
>>>
>>> Shaun
>>>
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