Re: [R-pkg-devel] Changing License

2018-08-30 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
Hi, we had a related discussion some time ago in the JSS editorial board. It was a long and partly emotional discussion of the pros and cons, but the good news was that if a code is MIT, it can be re-licensed as GPL, while it would not not be possible in the opposite direction (except by the

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Changing License

2018-08-30 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 30 August 2018 at 08:34, Charles Determan wrote: | It has come to my attention that some of the code I am distributing in one | of my packages was previously licensed under the MIT license. I have | previously released my package under the GPL-3 license. Would it be more | appropriate for me

[R-pkg-devel] Changing License

2018-08-30 Thread Charles Determan
R developers, It has come to my attention that some of the code I am distributing in one of my packages was previously licensed under the MIT license. I have previously released my package under the GPL-3 license. Would it be more appropriate for me to change the license to MIT? I know no one h