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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 52

Flag settings

23 installed packages offer no permissive licence.

Weak copyleft 3 Weak copyleftorTerms in a file 1 Copyleft 18 Terms in a file 1

Depends

It names no package besides R itself.

Imports

8 named, 52 packages in all, and 3 that come with R

Permissive 29
Weak copyleft 3
Weak copyleftorTerms in a file 1
Copyleft 18
Terms in a file 1

Open every branch

MatchingPursuitGPL-3Copyleft

digestalso needed by 1 otherGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
edfMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
EGM23 more belowGPL (>= 3)Copyleft
- base64encGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- checkmate1 more belowBSD_3_clause + file LICENSEPermissive
  - backportsGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- cpp11also needed by 3 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- data.tableMPL-2.0 | file LICENSEWeak copyleftorTerms in a file
- fsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- ggplot211 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - gtableMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - isobandMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - lifecyclealso needed by 6 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
  - withrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- rlangalso needed by 14 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- stringralso needed by 1 other2 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - gluealso needed by 3 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - stringifile LICENSETerms in a file
- vctrsalso needed by 5 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
imager11 more belowLGPL-3Weak copyleft
- downloaderGPL-2Copyleft
- igraph1 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - Matrix comes with RGPL (>= 2) | file LICENCE GPL-2 GPL-3CopyleftorTerms in a file
- jpegalso needed by 1 otherGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- magrittralso needed by 3 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- pngalso needed by 1 otherGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- purrrMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- Rcppalso needed by 2 othersGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- readbitmap2 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - bmpGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - tiffGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
raster3 more belowGPL (>= 3)Copyleft
- sp1 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - lattice comes with Ralso needed by 1 otherGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- terraGPL (>= 3)Copyleft
RSQLite8 more belowLGPL (>= 2.1) LGPL-2.1 LGPL-3Weak copyleft
- bit641 more belowGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  - bitGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
- blobMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- DBILGPL (>= 2.1) LGPL-2.1 LGPL-3Weak copyleft
- memoise2 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  - cachem1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
    fastmapMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- pkgconfigalso needed by 1 otherMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
signalalso needed by 1 other1 more belowGPL-2Copyleft
- MASS comes with RGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
xml2also needed by 1 other1 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- clialso needed by 9 othersMIT + file LICENSEPermissive

LinkingTo

It names no package.

Suggests

4 packages

Permissive 3
Copyleft 1

Close every tree

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
latex2expinstalls nothing moreMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
remotesinstalls nothing moreMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
rmarkdowninstalls 14 morePermissive 10Copyleft 4MIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- bslib11 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  base64encinstalled with MatchingPursuitGPL-2 | GPL-3 GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  cacheminstalled with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fastmapinstalled with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  lifecycleinstalled with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  memoiseinstalled with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  mimeGPL GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  rlanginstalled with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  sass3 more belowMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  fsinstalled with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  R6installed with MatchingPursuitMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
  rappdirsMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- evaluateMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- fontawesomeMIT + file LICENSEPermissive
- htmltools1 more belowGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft
  digestinstalled with MatchingPursuitGPL (>= 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.
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

GPL (>= 2)

4 releases

GPL-3

1 release

1.0.0, 9 Apr 20261.3.0, 17 Sep 2026

Licence strings, newest first

GPL-3 Copyleft 1 release, 1.3.0, 17 Sep 2026
GPL (>= 2) Copyleft 4 releases, 1.0.0, 9 Apr 2026 to 1.2.0, 19 Aug 2026