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Re: r-cran-afex package, violates the GPL?



hi ian,

On 30/09/2015 2:58 pm, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Jonathon Love writes ("r-cran-afex package, violates the GPL?"):
>> i've just packaged and submitted the r-cran-afex package, and it has
>> been accepted
>>
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797819
>>
>> but now i'm wondering if it doesn't violate the GPL2.
>>
>> it is released under GPL3+, but it has dependencies which are GPL2
> 
> Which dependencies ?  Do you mean `GPL2+' or `GPL2-only' ?

r-cran-afex has the following GPL2-only dependencies:

 - r-cran-stringr
 - r-cran-coin
 - r-cran-lsmeans

with thanks

jonathon


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