R help - Nov 2003 - Fwd: License Agreement

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>>>>> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:01:17 -0500,
>>>>> Sigrid Volko (SV) wrote:

  > Dear Mr. Leisch,

[don't know why you assume that I'm behind r-help ... but anyway ...

  > I was asked by one of our faculty members at Johns Hopkins University to 
> assist him in licensing a software application that he has developed. This 
> package is based on R, the statistical software that is distributed as  
> freeware. In the course of my due diligence analysis, I reviewed the   >
official R web page which states that R is an official part of the Free   >
Software Foundation's GNU project. However, it does not explicitly state  
> under which License Agreement R is made available. Reviewing the GNU   >
official web page, I assume that R is made available under the GNU General  
> Public License. I would, however, appreciate if you could confirm that  
> this information is correct.=20


I think the web page clearly states that R is indeed distributed under
the terms of the GPL ... and if you use R you get a pointer to the GPL
every time you start it.

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