From christian at sigg-iten.ch  Fri Jan 25 19:27:12 2013
From: christian at sigg-iten.ch (Christian Sigg)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:27:12 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Implications of a Dependency on a GPLed Package
In-Reply-To: <148493C2-BFE9-45DC-8849-AA87F1480372@sigg-iten.ch>
References: <0DF07420-6ECC-4F72-BDA8-10EEDDA63A1B@sigg-iten.ch>
	<51027B4F.8040909@gmail.com>
	<D233BCD0-019F-484D-BD42-639419E257DA@me.com>
	<148493C2-BFE9-45DC-8849-AA87F1480372@sigg-iten.ch>
Message-ID: <8782DABD-9146-45E3-9CBE-1EE2F1B86A41@sigg-iten.ch>

> I am aware of those discussions, and am not advocating for a change of the current practices of the CRAN maintainers. But if the current practices of the R project are in conflict with the FSF interpretation of the GPL, they need to be addressed.

Let me correct my last sentence to "..., this issue should be addressed." to avoid a possible misunderstanding. I am only asking for a clarification of the position of the CRAN maintainers and the R Foundation on this issue.

Best regards,
Christian


[Rd] Implications of a Dependency on a GPLed Package
Christian Sigg