Hi Joenio, On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 04:49:27PM +0200, Joenio Marques da Costa wrote: > > Do we have any documentation with recommendation on how to > properly cite Debian in an academic work? > > By citing Debian I mean a citation to the Debian project > as a whole rather then citing a specific package inside Debian. > > When I search on Google Scholar for the string below. > > "Debian Operating System" > > I can find some results, such as [1] and [2], that could be > used to cite "Debian - The Operating System" but I'm not sure > it would be the best approach. > > Do you have any recommendation or references where can I find > more info about this topic? > > [1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/223198 > [2] https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/1212556
I think scientific citations refer to texts / books / articles, not to software collections? So The Debian Operating System we ship is not a publication which could be cited? My € 0,02. Bye, Joost
