Message-ID: <CANVKczMDXEkVYXrziPaqgqhdWNC_4VTGo6-p_jTjbMrP6zvonw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2013-11-06T17:58:02Z
From: Barry Rowlingson
Subject: Questions about R
In-Reply-To: <f2a7dcbc257b4e1fa80a2c09964b139a@EX-0-HT0.lancs.local>
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Ye Lin <yelin at lbl.gov> wrote:
> You can get details at http://www.r-project.org/
>
> But to answer your question: Yes it is free
But there is also a paid version. Send me $1000 and I will send you R
on a USB stick, complete with all the source code.
Seriously, other companies do supply support and extensions for R at
a cost, and although I can legally sell you a copy of R for $1000
nobody bothers charging for R because the license can't stop you
giving your copy away.
As for your security/data safety question, well your operating system
is probably the weaker link in that chain. However if you are running
R in a client-server fashion then you should make sure the data is
encrypted - and then the weakest link is possession of the private
half of the encryption key, which is your responsibility.
Barry