HI, here is an example from a package that was accepted relatively recently: https://github.com/r-lib/presser/blob/master/DESCRIPTION#L8-L11
Gabor On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 6:30 PM git demont <git.dem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Sorry for asking again, but I got absolutely no advice on how to > correctly refer to extra copyrights and authors files in package > DESCRIPTION. > I know this can be considered as impolite and I don't want to do so. > So, I waited one week until sending the present message and I promise I > will not send another to ask for the same thing after this one. > > Best, > Yohann > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 4:04 PM git demont <git.dem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am developing a package called 'IFC'. > > https://github.com/gitdemont/IFC/ > > <https://github.com/gitdemont/IFC/tree/v0.0.7> > > > > Last submission (v0.0.7) was almost the final one to get it CRAN > > https://github.com/gitdemont/IFC/tree/v0.0.7 > > It was manually checked and it should be accepted if I removed a dontrun > > (that I unfortunately forgot). > > > > For the next submission ( I hope it will be the good one ), in addition to > > fixing the dontrun, I would like to include a small modification that was > > not asked. I would like to avoid another round of submission/review by > > introducing an issue that was not here. In DESCRIPTION of 'IFC', I am > > inviting users to refer to files for copyrights and authorship. "See file > > inst/COPYRIGHTS and file inst/AUTHORS for a list of copyright holders and > > authors" > > > > However, I am not sure whether I should say 'inst/COPYRIGHTS' and > > 'inst/AUTHORS' because these files are in the 'inst/' directory of the > > built tar.gz, or if I should only refer to 'COPYRIGHTS' and 'AUTHORS' > > (without inst/) because once installed these files will be at the root of > > IFC library directory. > > The same question olds for "Copyright: file inst/COPYRIGHTS". > > > > In CRAN policies, one can read: > > "Where copyrights are held by an entity other than the package authors, > > this should preferably be indicated via ‘cph’ roles in the ‘Authors@R’ > > field, or using a ‘Copyright’ field (if necessary referring to an > > inst/COPYRIGHTS file)." > > In 'RcppMsgPack' for instance we have: > > - in the description: "See the files 'COPYRIGHTS' and 'AUTHORS' for a full > > list of copyright holders and contributors to 'msgpack-c'." > > - in the copyrights: "inst/COPYRIGHTS". > > > > Best, > > Yohann > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
