2010/6/1 Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>: > Mauricio Zambrano wrote: >> >> Dear R-users, >> >> I'm developing a package that heavily depends on another package >> released under the GPL-2 license. >> > > Are you including code from that package in yours, or just making use of it? > The former requires that you follow all the GPL rules about your own. If > you just use their package, then license your package any way you like.
Thank you very much for the information!. I'm just using the packages, without including a single line of code. >> >> In addition, some few functions depends on other packages released >> under the following licences (as described in the corresponding pages >> of http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/): >> >> GPL >> GPL >=2. >> >> I want to release my package under a GPL >= 2 license, and after >> reading the section 1.1.1 of the R-exts manual and looking at the >> compatibility matrix found on http://gplv3.fsf.org/dd3-faq, I'm still >> in doubt if I can do that. >> >> I would appreciate if you could tell me if can I release my package >> under a GPL >= 2 license considering the aforementioned licenses ? >> >> >> Finally, a general question: >> >> When a package is released under GPL >=2, does it mean that the terms >> of the GPL-3 license apply or not ? >> > > I believe that's an offer to license under whatever version of the GPL (from > 2 up) that the person using your code chooses. If GPL-3 offers something > that GPL-2 doesn't (e.g. compatibility with other GPL-3 code), they can use > that. If GPL-3 places restrictions they don't like (e.g. incompatibility > with GPL-2 code), they can use GPL-2. > > Duncan Murdoch Thanks Duncan. Knds, Mauricio Zambrano B. -- ========================== Dept. of Civil and Env. Engineering University of Trento, Italy > > Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Mauricio >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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.
