Licences

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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 17

Every installed package offers a permissive licence.

Flag settings

Depends

It names no package besides R itself.

Imports

3 named, 17 packages in all

Permissive 17

ggsciGPL (>= 3)Copyleft

ggplot28 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- clialso needed by 5 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- gtableMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- isoband1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - cpp11MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- lifecyclealso needed by 3 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- S7MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- vctrsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- withrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
rlangalso needed by 6 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
scalesalso needed by 1 other6 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- farverMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- gluealso needed by 2 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- labelingMIT + file LICENSE | Unlimited MIT UnlimitedPermissive
- R6MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- RColorBrewerApache License 2.0Permissive
- viridisLiteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive

LinkingTo

It names no package.

Suggests

4 packages

Permissive 2
Copyleft 2

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gridExtrainstalls nothing moreGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
knitrinstalls 4 morePermissive 3Copyleft 1GPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- evaluateMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- highrGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- xfunMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- yamlBSD_3_clause + file LICENSEPermissive
ragginstalls 5 morePermissive 3Copyleft 1Terms in a file 1MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- systemfonts4 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  base64encGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  cpp11installed with ggsciMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  jsonliteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  lifecycleinstalled with ggsciMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- textshaping1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  stringifile LICENSETerms in a file
rmarkdowninstalls 20 morePermissive 14Copyleft 6MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- bslib11 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  base64encGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  cachemMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fastmapMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  lifecycleinstalled with ggsciMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  memoiseMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  mimeGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  rlanginstalled with ggsciMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  sass3 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  R6installed with ggsciMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  rappdirsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- evaluateMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- fontawesomeMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- htmltools1 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  digestGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- jquerylibMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- jsonliteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- knitr1 more belowGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  highrGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- tinytexMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- xfunMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- yamlBSD_3_clause + 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

Method, the releases

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

GPL

3 releases

GPL-3 | file LICENSE

4 releases

GPL (>= 3)

13 releases

1.1, 4 Apr 20165.2.0, 30 Jul 2026

Licence strings, newest first

GPL (>= 3) Copyleft 13 releases, 3.0.0, 8 Mar 2023 to 5.2.0, 30 Jul 2026
GPL-3 | file LICENSE CopyleftorTerms in a file 4 releases, 2.4, 8 Mar 2017 to 2.9, 14 May 2018
GPL Copyleft 3 releases, 1.1, 4 Apr 2016 to 2.0, 21 Nov 2016