license                 package:base                 R Documentation

The R License Terms

Description:

     The license terms under which R is distributed.

Usage:

     license()
     licence()

Details:

     R is distributed under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
     Version 2, June 1991.  A copy of this license is in file
     'R_HOME/COPYING' and can be viewed by 'RShowDoc("COPYING")'. 

     A small number of files (the API header files) are distributed
     under the LESSER GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 2.1.  A copy
     of this license is in file '$R_DOC_DIR/COPYING.LIB' and can be
     viewed by 'RShowDoc("COPYING.LIB")'.

