R devel - May 2024 - [External] Re: R for the US Air Force

R is not a product that is provided by a company or any vendor that can
be
> procured through a vendor e.g. something on a GSA schedule.
>
>
 that's not strictly true though is it? Anyone can form a company and
supply R, as long as everyone complies with the license. You are also free
to download R from public services and do it without any corporate
wrappings and trappings, which is what Posit (ex-RStudio) do, right?

> Seems like you're caught in the bureaucracy hell hole. I used to help
the
> USAF, and other DoD members use R when I was at RStudio (now Posit).
>
I don't see anything in the PDF posted that links the software to the
company details required. Does it have to be the copyright holder of the
software? Or anyone free to distribute it by license? Does the USAF use
other open source systems, eg Linux, in which case are they going through a
licensed reseller to tick these boxes?

Barry

>
> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 2:57?PM ADAMS, DOUGLAS L CIV USAF AFMC OO-ALC/OBWA
> via R-devel <r-devel at r-project.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > The US Air Force used to have R available on our main network, but now
> > those who need to accept it back are
> > being very particular about what they're accepting in terms of
official
> > documentation.
> >
> >
> >
> > Would you be able to help me with this endeavor?  I'm attaching a
pdf
> that
> > shows what documentation they'd
> > require for us to re-establish R as being acceptable on the network
here.
> > I understand if you're too busy or
> > if it's a pain.  Haha
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you so much for your help and consideration!
> >
> >
> >
> > Doug Adams
> >
> > United States Air Force
> >
> > Hill AFB, Utah
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________
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> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
> >
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>  that's not strictly true though is it? Anyone can form a company and
> supply R, as long as everyone complies with the license. You are also free
> to download R from public services and do it without any corporate
> wrappings and trappings, which is what Posit (ex-RStudio) do, right?
>
>
[correction for clarity: I mean Posit *do* supply R with corporate
"wrappings and trappings" (whatever they are), the logic may have got
twisted there in edits]

B

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