[Rcpp-devel] Package code industry request

[Tobias Verbeke]

Hi Soeren,

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).

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.

HTH,
Tobias


On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Sören Vogel <soeren.vogel at posteo.ch>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> Please apologise if this is off-list.
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks for your help
> Sören
>
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