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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Well, this is half of the truth. The other part is they can make modifications but AFAIK and IANAL all derivative work must be GPL-2 as well. The best thing
to do is to refer them to GPL-2 and ask them if they accept it or not. Another best thing is to consult with FSF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Latchezar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> rcpp-devel-bounces@lists.r-forge.r-project.org [mailto:rcpp-devel-bounces@lists.r-forge.r-project.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tobias Verbeke<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sören Vogel<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carlo Albert; Roman Ashauer; rcpp-devel@lists.r-forge.r-project.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Rcpp-devel] Package code industry request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Soeren,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you distribute the package under GPL-2, it gives the company as many freedoms as any other user of the package (freedom to study the code, to modify the code etc.) and I think that is a good thing (it is part of the definition of free
[as in free speech] software).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have obviously no clue on this specific case or on the intentions of the company, but the fact that a company is interested to use your package seems good news a priori and I have seen numerous occasions where users inside companies were
able to identify bugs, suggest improvements, sponsor further development etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HTH,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tobias<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Sören Vogel <<a href="mailto:soeren.vogel@posteo.ch" target="_blank">soeren.vogel@posteo.ch</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hello<br>
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Please apologise if this is off-list.<br>
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Today, a commercial company asked about numerical code and recent numerical code changes that routines of my R-package are based upon. The code is self-developed (by Carlo Albert) and based upon an algorithm to be published in a scientific article within the
next 4 weeks. I wonder (or doubt?) if the license (GPL-2) and the open source spirit would be fully regarded by the company. What is your recommendation to react on such a request? Is there sort of a standard text to send?<br>
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Thanks for your help<br>
Sören<br>
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