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by techno_modus 2556 days ago
R is also quite controversial because of its GPL license. I know that there are ways to overcome this issue but most decision makers do not want to risk when they see that a product has such a license.
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Scarblac 2556 days ago
That's strange, is it ever relevant what the license of the language is? It hasn't stopped Linux.
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techno_modus 2556 days ago
It is not about the language - it is about the interpreter (implementation).

There are many aspects here:

* You simply use it (in interactive mode)

* You integrate it into your application as static lib

* You integrate it into your application as a dynamically linked lib

* You use it via some kind of (remote) API

* Do you integrate via source code, static lib, dynamic lib, API

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