My MCMC message has generated some interesting comments from R people. I will not try and deal with them individually but would comment that, as the most successful implementation of the bazaar (rather than cathedral) model of software development that I know apart from Linux, R would form a natural base for MCMC code development. Would it be possible under the GPL for BUGS (or BUGS-like code) to be ported to a closed module (as long as it didn't use any GPL code) to run under R? I believe the reasons for not porting WinBUGS to Linux or having in the first place made it open source are to do with licencing but it would be a pity to close it off or re-invent the wheel for these reasons. The next versions will probably be mildly commercial, although I don't know what the cost, the market size or business plans are. Such a move may encourage the use both of R and BUGS. John -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
MCMC revisited and BUGS ...
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