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GPL-2 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-2`	GPL-2.0-only	approved	free	No

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Installs 0

It installs no other package.

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It needs only R itself and 1 of R's own base packages.

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6 packages

Permissive 2
Copyleft 4

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bookdowninstalls 25 morePermissive 19Copyleft 6GPL-3Copyleft
- htmltools4 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  base64encGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  digestGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  fastmapMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  rlangMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- jquerylibMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- knitr2 more belowGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  evaluateMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  highrGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- rmarkdown12 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  bslib9 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  cachemMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  lifecycle1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  cliMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  memoiseMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  mimeGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  sass3 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  R6MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  rappdirsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fontawesomeMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  jsonliteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- tinytexMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- xfunMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- yamlBSD_3_clause + file LICENSEPermissive
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
rmarkdowninstalls 24 morePermissive 18Copyleft 6MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- bslib12 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  base64encGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  cachemMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fastmapMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  lifecycle1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  cliMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  memoiseMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  mimeGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  rlangMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  sass3 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  R6MIT + 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
sessioninfoinstalls 1 morePermissive 1GPL-2Copyleft
- cliMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
testthatinstalls 23 morePermissive 22Copyleft 1MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- brioMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- callr1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  otelMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- cliMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- descMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- evaluateMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- jsonliteMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- lifecycleMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- magrittrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- pkgload4 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  glueMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  pkgbuildMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  rprojrootMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- praiseMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- processxMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- psMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- R6MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- rlangMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- waldo2 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  diffobj1 more belowGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  crayonMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- withrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
veganinstalls 0 more, and 6 that come with RGPL-2Copyleft
- cluster comes with RGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- lattice comes with RGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- MASS comes with RGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- mgcv comes with R2 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  Matrix comes with RGPL (>= 2) | file LICENCE GPL-2 GPL-3CopyleftorTerms in a file
  nlme comes with RGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- permutethe package itselfGPL-2Copyleft

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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

All 13 releases on record declare GPL-2 Copyleft.