On Saturday, September 12, 2020, Hugh Parsonage
wrote:
> Perhaps I have misread that excerpt from WRE, but my read is that
> package authors should not duplicate GNU COPYING, since it is present
> in all R distributions already when using GPL-2 and friends. It
> doesn't apply to packages
Perhaps I have misread that excerpt from WRE, but my read is that
package authors should not duplicate GNU COPYING, since it is present
in all R distributions already when using GPL-2 and friends. It
doesn't apply to packages distributed with other licenses.
It should be noted that in GPL FAQ
> > Including a copy of the license with the work is vital
Hmmm...
Agree.
Just for context:
CRAN has a history of being exceptionally useful and efficient.
In general, I don't support suggestions to change their submission policies.
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Hi all,
R-exts currently requests that package authors don't include copies of
standard licenses:
> Whereas you should feel free to include a license file in your source
> distribution, please do
> not arrange to install yet another copy of the GNU COPYING or COPYING.LIB
> files but
> refer to
