[Rcpp-devel] Package code industry request

[Latchezar (Lucho) Dimitrov]

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.

Regards,
Latchezar

From: rcpp-devel-bounces at lists.r-forge.r-project.org [mailto:rcpp-devel-bounces at lists.r-forge.r-project.org] On Behalf Of Tobias Verbeke
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:38 PM
To: Sören Vogel
Cc: Carlo Albert; Roman Ashauer; rcpp-devel at lists.r-forge.r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rcpp-devel] Package code industry request

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<mailto: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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