From nashjc at uottawa.ca  Fri Sep 11 15:07:03 2009
From: nashjc at uottawa.ca (Prof. John C Nash)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:07:03 -0400
Subject: [Rd] Non-GPL packages for R
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The responses to my posting yesterday seem to indicate more consensus 
than I expected:
1) CRAN should be restricted to GPL-equivalent licensed packages
2) r-forge could be left "buyer beware" using DESCRIPTION information
3) We may want a specific repository for restricted packages (RANC?)

How to proceed? A short search on Rseek did not turn up a chain of 
command for CRAN.

I'm prepared to help out with documentation etc. to move changes 
forward. They are not, in my opinion, likely to cause a lot of trouble 
for most users, and should simplify things over time.

JN



[Rd] Non-GPL packages for R
Prof. John C Nash