arvindkumarc

We are trying to bootstrap our startup with R analytics, the only thing that is restricting us from going ahead with R is the licensing (GNU GPLv3).

1. We would love to know whether we can build the analytics logic in R and sell it but also restrict them from accessing the code?

2. Can we release our algorithm alone as a separate bundle and let the users install R and other runtime libraries; we at runtime run our scripts on top of the R installation? (The libraries which would be installed might be GPLv3.)

3. We also find enterprise versions of R (Oracle/Microsoft/Alteryx etc.,). How are they able to price it? We are not sure if they are releasing the source as and when required. If they aren't releasing the source, how is that possible?