I'll let others discuss the technical details of how to set up the licence files. I want to make sure you know that using AGPL is a good way to ensure that nobody in tech uses your package. Maybe that's intended, but when I was at Google the ONLY software we were specifically prohibited from using was code released under AGPL. I won't try to convince you of that being a good or bad thing, but wanted to make sure you were aware of it.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:11 PM Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the process of trying to get a package to build successfully on > r-hub's Fedora platform, I had to add a whole bunch of LaTeX .sty files > to the vignette directory. One of these was collectbox.sty, which > triggers the NOTE > > --- > NOTE > The following files contain a license that requires > distribution of original sources: > ‘collectbox.sty’ > --- > > The licensing/copyright information in collectbox.sty is as follows: > > > %% The original source files were: > %% > %% collectbox.dtx (with options: `collectbox.sty') > %% > %% IMPORTANT NOTICE: > %% > %% For the copyright see the source file. > %% > %% Any modified versions of this file must be renamed > %% with new filenames distinct from collectbox.sty. > %% > %% For distribution of the original source see the terms > %% for copying and modification in the file collectbox.dtx. > %% > %% This generated file may be distributed as long as the > %% original source files, as listed above, are part of the > %% same distribution. (The sources need not necessarily be > %% in the same archive or directory.) > %% Copyright (C) 2012 by Martin Scharrer <mar...@scharrer-online.de> > %% -------------------------------------------------------------------- > %% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the > %% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 > %% of this license or (at your option) any later version. > %% The latest version of this license is in > %% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt > %% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX > %% version 2005/12/01 or later. > > So I put collectbox.dtx into the inst/misc directory in the package. > Fine. > > Now, what do I need to do to (1) make sure that my DESCRIPTION file is > correct and (2) hopefully, suppress the NOTE so I don't have to explain > it to the CRAN maintainers every time? > > * Do I change the LICENCE line (which is currently AGPL-3)? According to > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Licensing it would > seem I would have to switch to "file LICENCE" (adding a > "Licence_is_FOSS: yes"), where "LICENCE" contains something like > > package code licensed under AGPL-3; file vignettes/collectbox.sty is > under the LaTeX Project Public License (source provided in > misc/collectbox.dtx) > > ? Should it say "file LICENCE" or "AGPL-3 + file LICENCE" ? > > * Do I just include the files without comment, since I have complied (as > far as I can tell) with the terms of the LPPL? > > * Is there a way to signal to R CMD check that I *have* complied with > the terms? > > cheers > Ben Bolker > > ______________________________________________ > 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
