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R-help Digest, Vol 67, Issue 23
3 messages · Bert Chan, Marc Schwartz, Hadley Wickham
on 09/22/2008 11:26 AM Bert Chan wrote:
Warranty on Accuracy, Precision, Legality, ... of R in Research (These questions may well have been raised.) What is the implied warranty of using R for research & publications, consulting, etc.? Alternately, how does one obtain such a warranty? Your answers will be much appreciated. Perhaps you can point me to some websites which discussed this subject in the past. Thanks & regards - Bert (Bertram K. C. Chan, PhD)
As per the banner that appears whenever you start up R: "R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details." The suitability of R for any particular application is entirely up to the user. Legally, there is nothing preventing you from using R for such applications relative to the license under which R is made available. You did not indicate the specific type of research you have in mind, but if it might be in the domain of clinical trials, please review: http://www.r-project.org/doc/R-FDA.pdf HTH, Marc Schwartz
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Marc Schwartz
<marc_schwartz at comcast.net> wrote:
on 09/22/2008 11:26 AM Bert Chan wrote:
Warranty on Accuracy, Precision, Legality, ... of R in Research (These questions may well have been raised.) What is the implied warranty of using R for research & publications, consulting, etc.? Alternately, how does one obtain such a warranty? Your answers will be much appreciated. Perhaps you can point me to some websites which discussed this subject in the past. Thanks & regards - Bert (Bertram K. C. Chan, PhD)
As per the banner that appears whenever you start up R: "R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details."
And surely this the most that any software could provide? SAS has: "EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED OTHERWISE IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND SAS, ALL INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT." Hadley