R: This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about a request for glm.nb code. The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was hoping for some clarification on that. Using the function license() or licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package (perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way described). A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package licenses either. Thanks. Jason Higbee Research Associate Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 08:51, Jason.L.Higbee at stls.frb.org wrote:> R: > > This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about a > request > for glm.nb code. The issue of package licenses was brought up and I > was > hoping for some clarification on that. Using the function license() > or > licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like > license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package > (perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way > described). A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package > licenses either.For the CRAN add on packages (which includes the 'recommended' packages), each has the license information under the description. For example, MASS which is part of the VR bundle, is here: http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html#VR The information is as follows: ... License: GPL (version 2 or later) ... Some of the packages are released under other licenses or have restrictions on commercial use or distribution. Read each one carefully. HTH, Marc Schwartz
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 Jason.L.Higbee at stls.frb.org wrote:> R: > > This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about a request > for glm.nb code. The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was > hoping for some clarification on that. Using the function license() or > licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like > license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package > (perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way > described). A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package > licenses either.The DESCRIPTION file for a package lists the license; this is also given in the CRAN entry for each package. -thomas
Try
file.show(system.file("DESCRIPTION", package = "MASS"))
-roger
Jason.L.Higbee at stls.frb.org wrote:
> R:
>
> This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about a request
> for glm.nb code. The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was
> hoping for some clarification on that. Using the function license() or
> licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like
> license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package
> (perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way
> described). A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package
> licenses either.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jason Higbee
> Research Associate
> Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
>
>
> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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