Thank you very much this really helped me a lot . So actually why would people learn R(other than personal interests ) if you can't really build anything that can be sold ? I'm sorry if I'm asking bad questions
> On 12 Jan 2018, at 4:43 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > > > >> On Jan 11, 2018, at 2:15 PM, muhammad ramzi <mramz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> hello guys, >> >> i am a petroleum engineering student and i will be having a long semester >> break and currently i am learning THE R PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE just out of >> interest. I would just like to know if i am able to design a business >> analysis software using R as in create a type of software that can be sold >> to business people. can this be done in R language? >> >> another thing is if i do learn this all the way, what advantages will it >> give me in terms of future prospects and career development? > > > Hi, > > To your first question, as R is open source and released under the GPL, there > are legal issues that you will need to consider, which will be specific to > the details of your plans, how your "application" is built, how it interacts > with R, and importantly, the copying and distribution of the end product. > > You should, first and foremost, contact a lawyer familiar with open source > software, specifically GPL compatible licenses, so that you can get proper > legal advice, which you will not get here. You risk legal/financial > liabilities down the road if not done in compliance with the license > requirements. > > As a first pass, you should read: > > > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html#Can-I-use-R-for-commercial-purposes_003f > > and > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html > > so that you can gain initial insights into some of the general implications > of building a product for distribution (whether you give it away or sell it) > that depends upon a GPL licensed application. > > Whether or not there is utility for the application you envision such that > people would be willing to pay for it, will depend upon a variety of factors, > not the least of which is what competition you face and the value of your > planned application over others that are already in the marketplace. > > To your second question, you are asking a biased, self selected audience. > Thus, take that into account for any responses that you may get. > > The responses relative to advantages are going to be, to some extent, broadly > industry specific. That being said, in many domains, knowing R, along with > other relevant applications and programming languages can only be beneficial > in many cases. > > R is becoming increasingly popular (e.g. see: > https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/). However, depending upon the subject > matter domain you will work in and to a large extent, the company or > institution you will work for, those factors can have a material influence on > the role that R might play in that environment. > > Others can perhaps chime in with other thoughts and perhaps even industry > specific insights for you. > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
