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KentonWhite / ProjectTemplate

A template utility for R projects that provides a skeletal project.

http://projecttemplate.net

GNU General Public License v3.0

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Create LICENSE #248

Closed rsangole closed 6 years ago

rsangole commented 6 years ago

Types of change

[ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
[ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
[ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
[X] Other (documentation etc)

Pull request checklist

[X] Add functionality
[ ] Add tests
[ ] Update documentation in man
[ ] Update website documentation

Proposed changes

Adds GNU GPL license as discussed in #245

Hugovdberg commented 6 years ago

I just realised that R CMD check checks the License key in the DESCRIPTION file. According to the DESCRIPTION the project is released under the Artistic 2.0 license. So either we should switch entirely to GPL, or keep the Artistic license. I think we should investigate the implications of the GPL license, I know it is rather strict on the licenses of dependencies and on the usage (it is meant to be a viral license forcing other code to be open as well).

KentonWhite commented 6 years ago

@Hugovdberg good catch on theDESCRIPTION. @rsangole can you modify the description to match the GPL license please. Tidyverse is using the GPL license and I've used the GPL license before so have good confidence in it. The main difference is that under GPL modifications must have the same license — Artistic License allows for release under a different license. This can lead to different copies with different licenses.

rsangole commented 6 years ago

Ah, good catch @Hugovdberg . Will do @KentonWhite . You'll see something shortly.