On 8 Jul 2011, at 12:06, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 11-07-08 6:20 AM, Federico Calboli wrote: >> HI All, >> >> I have written and succesfully uploaded a new package. The licence it is >> under is 'GPL' --no version. My assumption is, since all the code is written >> in R the licence R used for R would affect the code (hence my "GPL" stands >> for "whatever version of the GPL R is under") >> >> I am happy with the licencing I used, but I'd like to ask if there is any >> transitive propery of IP licencing or if I am mistaken. > > I believe you are mistaken: your package is your code, so the license > someone else used is irrelevant. I would interpret 'GPL' to mean 'whatever > version of GPL the user finds to be convenient'. So if GPL v1 (which I've > never actually seen) or GPL v4 (which has not been released) contained some > right that I liked, I would assume that you've granted me that right.
Ok, thanks for that. I though that, since R in under GPL-v2, I can only release my code under GPL-v2 because the code is written in R and probably qualifies as a derivative work. On uploading the new version (a matter of days), I will specify the GPL version. Bw Federico > > Duncan Murdoch > >> >> bw >> >> Federico >> >> >> -- >> Federico C. F. Calboli >> Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics >> Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus >> Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG >> >> Tel +44 (0)20 75941602 Fax +44 (0)20 75943193 >> >> f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk >> f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Federico C. F. Calboli Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG Tel +44 (0)20 75941602 Fax +44 (0)20 75943193 f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
