Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-05 Thread John Logsdon
Folks TPP, and in a European context, TTIP are very dangerous not only to open source software but to any public service and no satisfactory response has been forthcoming. There are ways of circumventing it I guess or opposing it (maybe using ISPs in China, Russia or North Korea???). The issue

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-05 Thread Boris Steipe
Does that mean I could poison the Archive by posting IP on this list, or poison someone else's code if they use some of mine that I post here? B. On Feb 4, 2016, at 7:48 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: > It's not clear if the TPP would ever directly

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-05 Thread José Bustos
Thank everyone, I have found some good, but limited infomation about it. As Ross Ihaka mention in his presentation: "Houston, We Have a Problem". The R software is a important part of the Free Software Fundation, they have been fighting back TPP long time, but last weeks in Chile was not so good.

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread Ted Harding
Saludos José! Could you please give a summary of the relevant parts of TPP that might affect the use of R? I have looked up TPP on Wikipedia without beginning to understand what it might imply for the use of R. Best wishes, Ted. On 04-Feb-2016 14:43:29 José Bustos wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread Marc Schwartz
Ted and José, The FSF has a blog post here that might provide some insights: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/time-to-act-on-tpp-is-now-rallies-against-tpp-in-washington-d-c-november-14-18 That is from last November, but the relevant passage, perhaps in a temporal vacuum, seems to be the

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread Rolf Turner
Quite a while ago I went to talk (I think it may have been at an NZSA conference) given by the great Ross Ihaka. I forget the details but my vague recollection was that it involved a technique for automatic choice of some sort of smoothing parameter involved in a graphical display.

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread David Winsemius
> On Feb 4, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > > > Quite a while ago I went to talk (I think it may have been at an NZSA > conference) given by the great Ross Ihaka. I forget the details but my vague > recollection was that it involved a technique for

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread Spencer Graves
It's not clear if the TPP would ever directly impact the R project. However, it could impact many R users. * For example, if someone decides that something you have on the web includes material for which they claim copyright, the TPP allows them to order your Internet

Re: [R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread Spencer Graves
On 2/4/2016 6:59 PM, David Winsemius wrote: On Feb 4, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: Quite a while ago I went to talk (I think it may have been at an NZSA conference) given by the great Ross Ihaka. I forget the details but my vague recollection was that it

[R] R project and the TPP

2016-02-04 Thread José Bustos
Hi everyone, I have a question regarding the use R software under the new TPP laws adopted by some governments in the region. Who know how this new agreements will affect researchers and the R community? Hope some of you knows better and can give ideas about it. saludos, José