Yohann, Here is a description of the strategy I used a couple of years ago.
https://rmflight.github.io/post/licensing-r-packages-that-include-others-code/ -Robert On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 1:52 PM Gábor Csárdi <csardi.ga...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
