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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.

LicenceSPDXOSIFSFRestricts use
GPL-2GPL-2.0-onlyapprovedfreeNo
GPL-3GPL-3.0-onlyapprovedfreeNo

Installs 18

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Families that raise the flag

All but Permissive

16 installed packages offer no permissive licence.

Weak copyleft 2Copyleft 13CopyleftorTerms in a file 1

Depends

It names no package besides R itself.

Imports

5 named, 18 packages in all, and 4 that come with R

  • Permissive 2
  • Weak copyleft 2
  • Copyleft 13
  • CopyleftorTerms in a file 1
kkoGPL (>= 2) GPL-2 GPL-3Copyleft

LinkingTo

It names no package.

Suggests

3 packages

  • Permissive 2
  • Copyleft 1

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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

Its one release on record declares GPL (>= 2) Copyleft.