Message-ID: <89046CC4-3A0C-11D9-9929-000393D3D676@unsw.edu.au>
Date: 2004-11-19T09:22:29Z
From: Bill Northcott
Subject: The hidden costs of GPL software?
In-Reply-To: <200411181113.iAIB6XId020702@hypatia.math.ethz.ch>
> If the GPL were not so tight on this point, someone could
> commercialize a GUI for R without having to offer their source code
> under the GPL.
>
There is nothing in GPL to stop a commercial GUI for R. Have a look at
what Apple do. They have a complete commercial GUI and numerous
applications built on a an almost completely GPL'ed operating system.
There are loads of shareware GUIs which drive GPL utilities. Most
obviously there are plenty of commercial apps which run on GNU Linux.
Bill Northcott