Hello, I??m Jane Kim from Zenith and Company. We have a question about ??The R Project??. It looks like it??s an open source software, but the document from the website shows that it??s free of use not free of price. Please, confirm us the if it cost fees to use it for commercial use. If needed, could you inform us the price for it, too? Best regards, Jane Kim. ________________________________ Zenith&Company?? ???????? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ?????????? ???????? ????????. ?? ???????? ?????????? ???????? ???? ?? ??????, ???? ?????? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???? ?????? ???????? ?????? ?? ????????. ???? ???????? ???? ???? ?? ?????? ????, ????, ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ?????????? ?????????? ?????? ?????? ????????. The Zenith&Company does not collect and distribute personal information without the consent of the recipient. This e-mail may contain confidential information and content of this e-mail (including any attachments) is strictly confidential and may be commercially sensitive. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received it by mistake and delete it from your system. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> On 14 Nov 2016, at 11:00, ??? <janekim at zenithn.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I?m Jane Kim from Zenith and Company. > > We have a question about ?The R Project?. > > It looks like it?s an open source software, but the document from the website shows that it?s free of use not free of price. > > Please, confirm us the if it cost fees to use it for commercial use. > > If needed, could you inform us the price for it, too? > > Best regards, > Jane Kim. >Can I use R for commercial purposes? https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f <https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f> If you mean RStudio you have to pay for commercial use. RStudio and R are different. https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/ <https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 2:00 AM, ??? <janekim at zenithn.com> wrote:> Hello, > > I?m Jane Kim from Zenith and Company. > > We have a question about ?The R Project?. > > It looks like it?s an open source software, but the document from the > website shows that it?s free of use not free of price. > > Please, confirm us the if it cost fees to use it for commercial use.> If needed, could you inform us the price for it, too? > > Best regards, > Jane Kim. > >?According to https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f? , R is released under the "GNU Public License" version 2.0. This means it is "libre" (the source is available). Also, it is "gratis" (it is free from cost to use, although it is permissible to charge a one-time "distribution" fee - such as might be done if you want someone to mail you a DVD with the source on it.) ?[quote] 2.11 Can I use R for commercial purposes? R is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>. If you have any questions regarding the legality of using R in any particular situation you should bring it up with your legal counsel. We are in no position to offer legal advice. It is the opinion of the R Core Team that one can use R for commercial purposes (e.g., in business or in consulting). The GPL, like all Open Source licenses, permits all and any use of the package. It only restricts distribution of R or of other programs containing code from R. This is made clear in clause 6 (?No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor?) of the Open Source Definition <https://opensource.org/docs/definition.html>: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research. It is also explicitly stated in clause 0 of the GPL, which says in part Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program. Most add-on packages, including all recommended ones, also explicitly allow commercial use in this way. A few packages are restricted to ?non-commercial use?; you should contact the author to clarify whether these may be used or seek the advice of your legal counsel. None of the discussion in this section constitutes legal advice. The R Core Team does not provide legal advice under any circumstances. [quote/]? -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> We have a question about ?The R Project?. >> >> It looks like it?s an open source software, but the document from the website shows that it?s free of use not free of price. >> >> Please, confirm us the if it cost fees to use it for commercial use. >> >> If needed, could you inform us the price for it, too? >> >> Best regards, >> Jane Kim. >> > > Can I use R for commercial purposes? > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f <https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f> > > If you mean RStudio you have to pay for commercial use. RStudio and R are different. > https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/ <https://www.rstudio.com/pricing/>That's not true, as RStudio is also open source. You don't have to pay to use it commercially, but you might want to pay to use it commercial because we provide additional features of use to people in bigger companies. Hadley -- http://hadley.nz