Hi, I also would add that it could make sense to rename your fork. I understand this is a normal practice in open source software, that you start a new project by forking an old one, but unless you have an explicit permission to use the original package name, I'm not sure using it is ethically or legally correct. When you have your own package name, the MIT licence allows you to use the old code.
Best, Aexey On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 11:06 AM Leonardo Collado Torres < lcollado...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not from Bioconductor core. Just a heads up that they've been busy > with the BioC 3.20 release that was just recently completed > https://bioconductor.org/news/bioc_3_20_release/. > > From the sideline, it seems that you are doing a great service to the > community by keeping your fork in working conditions. From > https://github.com/Bioconductor/Contributions/issues/new I don't see > any specific info about your question. Searching "fork" at > https://contributions.bioconductor.org/index.html also didn't lead me > to any relevant results. > > Best, > Leo > > Leonardo Collado Torres, Ph. D. > Investigator, LIEBER INSTITUTE for BRAIN DEVELOPMENT > Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > 855 N. Wolfe St., Room 382 > Baltimore, MD 21205 > lcolladotor.github.io > lcollado...@gmail.com > > Leonardo Collado Torres, Ph. D. > Investigator, LIEBER INSTITUTE for BRAIN DEVELOPMENT > Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics > Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > 855 N. Wolfe St., Room 382 > Baltimore, MD 21205 > lcolladotor.github.io > lcollado...@gmail.com > > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 9:39 AM Ali Sajid Imami > <ali.sajid.im...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a question about your policies regarding forked packages. There > is a package that some of our other packages depend on and is of interest > to the Bioconductor community that our lab did not create. However, the > package was never submitted to CRAN or BioConductor, and the original > authors are not reachable. It has not been updated in over 7 years, and > consequently, it does not build. It is, however, licensed under the MIT > license. To ensure our build systems and analysis pipelines keep working, > we forked this package a while back and have been maintaining that fork. > What is the policy regarding submitting this package to Bioconductor? Our > lab is well-versed in the package’s codebase, and we would be able to both > maintain it indefinitely and be able to address any comments from the > BioConductor community. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ > > Regards, > > Dr. Ali Sajid Imami > > LinkedIn <https://pk.linkedin.com/pub/ali-sajid-imami/50/956/2a6> > > > > Out of the night that covers me, > > Black as the pit from pole to pole, > > I thank whatever gods may be > > For my unconquerable soul. > > > > It matters not how strait the gate, > > How charged with punishments the scroll, > > I am the master of my fate, > > I am the captain of my soul.” > > > > Invictus by William Ernest Henley > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
