[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On 20 Apr 2004 at 10:47, Philippe Grosjean wrote:
> > Of course, this will only work with computers connected to the > > internet,... but at least, it could be one way to evaluate the number > > of R users. Would that be an infringment of Open Source, or any other > > rule of freedom? I don't know, but it does seem to be quite widespread > > (at least for commercial software). so, why an Open Source software > > would not be able to monitor the number of users? > > That would make R into spyware, and there exist software to monitore > and warn aganst/automatically remove spyware, and some users have > such installed (and it will grow). Not quite spyware. Spyware generally works in more covert ways and tries to hide itself from the user. However, quite a few people think that having programs connecting to places on the internet without being asked is annoying and a potential invasion of privacy and it may even cost people money if they're on a dialup non-flat-fee connection. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
