AS Algorithms
On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:02 , Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 11-07-01 4:13 PM, Mohit Dayal wrote:
Dear R-programmers, I would like to use one of the AS Algorithms that used to be published in the journal Applied Statistics of the Royal Statistical Society (Series C). FORTRAN code based on these are available on the Statlib website at http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/modules.php?op=modload&name=PostWrap&file=index&page=apstat/ with the disclaimer, *"The Royal Statistical Society holds the copyright to these routines, but has given its permission for their distribution provided that no fee is charged."* * * *Does this make these programs compatible with an open source license like GPL-2 ? More specifically, can one safely include them in an R package?*
I think that is not GPL-2 compatible. If I'm right, they could still be included in an R package if a more permissive license is used on the whole package. I don't know if CRAN will allow you to put one license on some parts of the code, and another on those files.
As for AS algorithms actually _in_ R, we have a statement from the RSS to the effect that it is OK to use them in R since R is free software. (I forget the exact wording.) I would expect that to carry over to other GPL software, but it could be prudent to ask the RSS explicitly. -pd
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