> >Be mindful of certain limits. It's not reasonable to push for the >liberation of software that they simply do not have control >over---there >may be 3rd-party licensing issues, NDAs, grant terms, etc. > >
Given that they have hired external developers there might be strings attached. This is a good point. >> What are some infamous examples of dead/graveyard technical >> proprietary software? > >Consider GNU. We are using and improving on tools that are more than >thirty years old---some before GNU existed. The better question is: >what proprietary software can you think of that has stood this test of >time? > >Users are concerned about dying software all the time. What if Apple >decided one day to simply stop developing its software? What would >happen with all the data stored in proprietary formats, or software >using their proprietary APIs? What would happen to all of the software >that runs only on their operating system? Or what if they did it >intentionally, to force users to "upgrade" to something newer? > > This might be of interest. https://spot.livejournal.com/308370.html I guess first stop might be to find a bugtracker, repository, mailinglist, documentation page(wiki?). Gnu Savannah seems to have all of the above. dev Community might be kickstarted when liberized and posted/advertized in R developer forums. In fact, I think they would love to hear about the project. I think gnumeric (gnome spreadsheet ) works with R. -- RichmondMakerlabs.uk Ham United Group