2008/10/27 Freiberger, Katrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear All, > > I learned about R during my studies at Cologne University of Applied Science. > Now I work at Allianz Dresdner Bauspar AG and I would like to install R here > too. Is there any license issues that need to be taken in consideration, any > fees to pay by the company? I know there are answers to this in the FAQs but > I didn't really understand the legal language. Could you therefore just give > me concrete answers? >
When you use R, there is no license agreement in place at all. You have not, and do not have to, agree to anything in order to use R. You are free to use it in any way. When people say 'R is licensed under the GPL', that is purely applicable to copying and distribution of the R software. Other software licenses do cover usage, and forbid you from modifying or inspecting the program in certain ways. These are usually the licenses you have to click-through to run the program, since this is supposed to indicate that you have read and agreed to the license. There is no click-through license when you start R, because you don't have to agree with the GPL just to use R. Hope that helps, Barry ______________________________________________ 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.
