Android + rattle: http://www.r-bloggers.com/data-mining-through-the-android/
----------------Contact Details:------------------------------------------------------- Contact me: tal.gal...@gmail.com | 972-52-7275845 Read me: www.talgalili.com (Hebrew) | www.biostatistics.co.il (Hebrew) | www.r-statistics.com (English) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Lanre Okusanya <lanre.okusa...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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. > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
