Android FTW? On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwa...@me.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > There have been posts in the past about R being made available for the iPhone > and perhaps more logically now, on the iPad. My recollection is that the > hurdle discussed in the past was primarily a lack of access to a CLI on the > iPhone's variant of OSX, compelling the development of a GUI interface for R > specifically for these devices. R itself, can be successfully compiled with > the iPhone development tools. > > Well, now there is another, clearly more profound reason. > > The FSF has recently communicated with Apple on the presence of a GPL > application (GNU Go) in the iTunes store because the iTunes TOS infringes > upon the GPL. Apple, given a choice, elected to remove the application, > rather than amending their TOS. > > The FSF also informed the developers of the iPhone port of GNU Go that their > distribution is in violation of the GPL. R Core and any others considering an > iPhone/iPad port of R, if you are not already aware, take note... > > More information is here: > > http://www.fsf.org/news/2010-05-app-store-compliance/ > > with an update here: > > http://www.fsf.org/news/blogs/licensing/more-about-the-app-store-gpl-enforcement > > So, until Apple amends their TOS agreement, it looks like there will be no > GPL apps available for the iPhone/iPad, since the only way to make > applications available for these platforms is via the iTunes store (unless > you unlock the device). Hence, no R for these devices in the foreseeable > future. > > BTW, I am posting this as an FYI, not as a catalyst for a discussion on the > political aspects of this situation. So please, let's not go there... :-) > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > > ______________________________________________ > 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. >
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