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I'm worried if this is again going to pose serious problems in using open source stack and building profitable solutions. So, If I'm going to build something pr
by amrrs 9y ago
I'm worried if this is again going to pose serious problems in using open source stack and building profitable solutions. So, If I'm going to build something profitable using R and Tensorflow/Keras then someday I could be sued by the consortium or Microsoft that owns Revolution Analytics (that controls R) ?
- fwgwgwgch 9y agoJust checked Wikipedia and Microsoft indeed owns RA which "own" R. Interesting. On the other it's not about open source. If you're willing to license stuff in good faith you should be fine.
- _delirium 9y agoR is GPL, so as long as you're complying with the GPL terms in your use of it or derivative works, you're fine. If you make your own API-compatible reimplementation of R that isn't covered under the GPL's permission grant, though, then you might have issues (this case will in part determine what kinds of issues). Also, the copyrights for R are mainly held by the nonprofit R Foundation, not by Revolution Analytics: https://www.r-project.org/foundation/ https://www.r-project.org/foundation/. An API case from R copyright holders would additionally be really messy because a huge portion of the APIs originate in Bell Labs S, which they don't own the copyright to. Though there might be some sleeper case where whoever now owns the original S copyright pops up and sues R users for having cloned S's API...