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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

Install tree

Method, the install tree

Installs 35

Flag settings

14 installed packages offer no permissive licence.

Weak copyleft 1 Copyleft 12 CopyleftorTerms in a file 1

Depends

It names no package besides R itself.

Imports

7 named, 35 packages in all, and 3 that come with R

Permissive 21
Weak copyleft 1
Copyleft 12
CopyleftorTerms in a file 1

bartMachineGPL-3Copyleft

bartMachineJARsGPL-3Copyleft
checkmate1 more belowBSD_3_clause + file LICENSEPermissive
- backportsGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
ggplot216 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- clialso needed by 5 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- gtable1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - gluealso needed by 2 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- isoband1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - cpp11MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- lifecyclealso needed by 3 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- rlangalso needed by 5 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- S7MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- scales5 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - farverMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - labelingMIT + file LICENSE | Unlimited MIT UnlimitedPermissive
  - R6MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - RColorBrewerApache License 2.0Permissive
  - viridisLiteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- vctrsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- withrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
matrixStatsArtistic-2.0Permissive
missForest14 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- doRNG2 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - rngtools1 more belowGPL-3Copyleft
    digestGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- foreachalso needed by 1 other1 more belowApache License (== 2.0)Permissive
  - codetools comes with RGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- iteratorsalso needed by 3 othersApache License (== 2.0)Permissive
- itertoolsGPL-2Copyleft
- ranger4 more belowGPL-3Copyleft
  - Matrix comes with R1 more belowGPL (>= 2) | file LICENCE GPL-2 GPL-3CopyleftorTerms in a file
    lattice comes with RGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - Rcppalso needed by 1 otherGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - RcppEigenGPL (>= 2) | file LICENSE GPL-2 GPL-3CopyleftorTerms in a file
- Rdpack1 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - rbibutilsGPL-2Copyleft
randomForestalso needed by 1 otherGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
rJavaalso needed by 1 otherLGPL-2.1Weak copyleft

LinkingTo

It names no package.

Suggests

2 packages

Permissive 2

Close every tree

testthatinstalls 17 morePermissive 16Copyleft 1MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- brioMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- callr1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  otelMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- cliinstalled with bartMachineMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- descMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- evaluateMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- jsonliteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- lifecycleinstalled with bartMachineMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- magrittrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- pkgload4 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  glueinstalled with bartMachineMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  pkgbuildMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  rprojrootMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- praiseMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- processxMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- psMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- R6installed with bartMachineMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- rlanginstalled with bartMachineMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- waldo2 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  diffobj1 more belowGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  crayonMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- withrinstalled with bartMachineMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
withrinstalled anyway, through ImportsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive

Families

Permissive: Licences in this family ask little more than that the copyright notice and the licence text stay with copies.
Weak copyleft: Licences in this family ask that changed versions of the licensed code itself stay under the same licence, but not the other code it is combined with.
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.
Terms in a file: The terms are only in the package's own licence file.

offers no permissive licence, in a family that raises the flag

Releases

Method, the releases

one release, oldest at the left
the next string, where it changed

MIT + file LICENSE

2 releases

GPL-2 | GPL-3 | MIT + file LICENSE

1 release

GPL-3

23 releases

1.0, 7 Dec 20131.4.2, 4 May 2026

Licence strings, newest first

GPL-3 Copyleft 23 releases, 1.0.4, 5 Sep 2014 to 1.4.2, 4 May 2026
GPL-2 | GPL-3 | MIT + file LICENSE CopyleftorPermissive 1 release, 1.0.2, 5 Feb 2014
MIT + file LICENSE Permissive 2 releases, 1.0, 7 Dec 2013 to 1.0.1, 9 Dec 2013