Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041123170737.01ec5380@hermes.nos.noaa.gov>
Date: 2004-11-23T22:10:01Z
From: Mike Prager
Subject: The hidden costs of GPL software?
In-Reply-To: <41A36941.6010406@pburns.seanet.com>
At 11/23/2004 11:45 AM Tuesday, Patrick Burns wrote:
>...There could be an index builder that accepts a search phrase and
>the function or package that is the successful answer to the search.
>If this were open, then R users could contribute to the index who
>don't feel qualified to submit code. It could also help diffuse the
>frustration of taking too long to find a function by allowing a way
>to insure that the exact same thing doesn't happen to others.
>
>[...] No, I'm not volunteering to build the system.
Nor am I, but as one of those users, I would very gladly contribute to it.
--
Michael Prager, Ph.D.
Population Dynamics Team, NMFS SE Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
http://shrimp.ccfhrb.noaa.gov/~mprager/