Licences
CRANLicence
Method, the licence Method Licence figures come from the Licences
License field of each package's DESCRIPTION file, read the way R itself reads it. No licence file is opened.tools::analyze_license() and R's own licence database, as CRAN's checks read it.| is read, so one string can offer two families.
GPL (>= 3) Copyleft
Licences in this family ask that works based on the licensed code carry the same licence when they are distributed, and the GPL asks for their source code as well.
| Licence | SPDX | OSI | FSF | Restricts use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GPL-3 | GPL-3.0-only | approved | free | No |
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Installs 0
It installs no other package.
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3 packages
- Permissive 1
- Copyleft 2
rmarkdowninstalls 24 morePermissive 18Copyleft 6
MIT + file LICENSEPermissivebslib12 more below
MIT + file LICENSEPermissivelifecycle1 more below
MIT + file LICENSEPermissivesass3 more below
MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
Families
- Permissive
- Licences in this family ask little more than that the copyright notice and the licence text stay with copies.
- Copyleft
- Licences in this family ask that works based on the licensed code carry the same licence when they are distributed, and the GPL asks for their source code as well.
- offers no permissive licence, in a family that raises the flag
Releases
- one release, oldest at the left
- the next string, where it changed
GPL-2
22 releases
GPL (>= 2)
4 releases
GPL (>= 3)
14 releases
Licence strings, newest first
GPL (>= 3)Copyleft 14 releases, 5.1.5, 5 Jan 2022 to 6.2.1, 27 Aug 2026GPL (>= 2)Copyleft 4 releases, 5.1.1, 11 Apr 2021 to 5.1.4, 4 May 2021GPL-2Copyleft 22 releases, 4.2.5.1, 15 Aug 2014 to 5.0.3, 24 Feb 2021