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R:

This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about  a
request 
for glm.nb code.  The issue of package licenses was brought up and I
was 
hoping for some clarification on that.  Using the function license()
or 
licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like 
license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package 
(perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way 
described).  A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package 
licenses either. 
For the CRAN add on packages (which includes the 'recommended'
packages), each has the license information under the description. For
example, MASS which is part of the VR bundle, is here:

http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES.html#VR

The information is as follows:

...
License: GPL (version 2 or later)
...

Some of the packages are released under other licenses or have
restrictions on commercial use or distribution. Read each one carefully.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz

R:

This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about  a request
for glm.nb code.  The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was
hoping for some clarification on that.  Using the function license() or
licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like
license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package
(perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way
described).  A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package
licenses either.
The DESCRIPTION file for a package lists the license; this is also given
in the CRAN entry for each package.

	-thomas
Thomas Lumley <tlumley at u.washington.edu> writes:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 Jason.L.Higbee at stls.frb.org wrote:

R:

This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about  a request
for glm.nb code.  The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was
hoping for some clarification on that.  Using the function license() or
licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like
license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package
(perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way
described).  A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package
licenses either.
The DESCRIPTION file for a package lists the license; this is also given
in the CRAN entry for each package.
and in the result of

help(package = "MASS")

Thomas Lumley <tlumley at u.washington.edu> writes:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 Jason.L.Higbee at stls.frb.org wrote:

R:

This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about  a request
for glm.nb code.  The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was
hoping for some clarification on that.  Using the function license() or
licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like
license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package
(perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way
described).  A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package
licenses either.
The DESCRIPTION file for a package lists the license; this is also given
in the CRAN entry for each package.
and in the result of

help(package = "MASS")
Also, MASS (like many other packages) installs a file called LICENCE (it's 
in English ...) in its top-level directory.  

My point is that you are not allowed to redistribute even parts of it
without the licence, and that is what the original requestor was
explicitly asking for.
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
Try

file.show(system.file("DESCRIPTION", package = "MASS"))

-roger

R:

This stems from my curiosity about the previous thread about  a request 
for glm.nb code.  The issue of package licenses was brought up and I was 
hoping for some clarification on that.  Using the function license() or 
licence() gives info on the license for R, but something like 
license(MASS) does not give info on the license for the MASS package 
(perhaps it might be good to expand the license function in the way 
described).  A quick look on CRAN didn't yield any info on package 
licenses either. 

Thanks.

Jason Higbee
Research Associate
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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