Re:Announcing RStudio v1.0
by semi-extrinsic on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:23AM
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I'm not sure I follow why AGPL for the IDE you're using is a big problem? Surely the IDE license does not affect the license of code written in the IDE?
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Re:Announcing RStudio v1.0
by 0x001E84EE on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @09:59AM
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> Surely the IDE license does not affect the license of code written in the IDE?
Agreed. However, the R programming language and many of its libraries are GPL licensed.
Can someone elaborate how R can be legally used in to develop proprietary or commercial software? RStudio's website [1] lists all of this large companies that apparently use R.
It's no problem to use GPL software to develop commercial software. If it were the vast majority of software would be open source as some of the most popular compiler toolchains are primarily or wholly open source.
What you cannot do, however, is modify GPL software, as you're then creating a derivative work which must legally also bear the GPL license.
Re:Announcing RStudio v1.0
by 0x001E84EE on Thursday November 03, 2016 @11:28AM
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Yes, that is correct. My question was about using the R programming language and its libraries rather than RStudio.
If you create a program that uses any of the GPL licensed R libraries, that program must also be GPL licensed [1].
Additionally, the GPL license prohibits using GPL licensed software in proprietary systems [2].
[1]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL
[2]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLInProprietarySy...