I can't speak to the license question (I'd guess the answer is no) but I am pretty sure that any dependencies of a Bioconductor package have to be available on CRAN or in Bioconductor itself. So you can't depend on packages that are only in GitHub.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David J. H. Shih" <ds...@jimmy.harvard.edu> > To: "bioc-devel" <bioc-devel@r-project.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:48:31 PM > Subject: [Bioc-devel] Bioconductor package license: dependency on work under > non-commercial license > Hello, > > > I'd like to ask whether Bioconductor will allow a dependency package > under a non-commercial license: > > https://github.com/djhshih/mlat/blob/master/LICENSE_blat.txt > > I read the package guidelines: > http://bioconductor.org/developers/package-guidelines/#license but it > does not address this question. > > > I am putting together a package for somatic variant filtering. One of > the filters involve re-aligning the supporting reads using a heavily > refactored version of BLAT: MLAT (https://github.com/djhshih/mlat). BLAT > remains under a license that restricts commercial users. Although the > original license mentions no restriction on derivative work, I contacted > the author, and he maintains that the non-commercial license applies to > derivative works. Eventually, I'll probably replace BLAT (with another > aligner like SHRiMP2, which appears to have superior sensitivity and has > a permissive license), but I was wondering how I might be able to > assemble my package in the short term. > > Here is my plan: > > 1. Create a BLAT/MLAT package under BLAT's non-commercial license. > 2. Create the main package under GPLv3 that optionally depends on BLAT. > > Will Bioconductor permit a optional dependency package under a > non-commercial license? > > > Best regards, > > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber > Cancer Institute > Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health > Cancer Program, Broad Institute > 3 Blackfan Circle, CLS-11082 > Boston, MA 02115 > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
