Re: [Rd] reserving a package name

2014-07-11 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 11.07.2014 13:35, Spencer Graves wrote: On 7/11/2014 1:48 AM, Adrian Dușa wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: On 10.07.2014 23:46, Adrian Dușa wrote: Dear All, [...] Well, you cannot reserve a package name. Actually you can choose any legal name. The story is diff

Re: [Rd] reserving a package name

2014-07-11 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 11/07/2014 12:35, Spencer Graves wrote: On 7/11/2014 1:48 AM, Adrian Dușa wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: On 10.07.2014 23:46, Adrian Dușa wrote: Dear All, [...] Well, you cannot reserve a package name. Actually you can choose any legal name. The story is differ

Re: [Rd] reserving a package name

2014-07-11 Thread Spencer Graves
On 7/11/2014 1:48 AM, Adrian Dușa wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: On 10.07.2014 23:46, Adrian Dușa wrote: Dear All, [...] Well, you cannot reserve a package name. Actually you can choose any legal name. The story is different if you want to submit it to BioConductor

Re: [Rd] reserving a package name

2014-07-11 Thread Adrian Dușa
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: > On 10.07.2014 23:46, Adrian Dușa wrote: >> Dear All, >> [...] > > Well, you cannot reserve a package name. Actually you can choose any legal > name. > > The story is different if you want to submit it to BioConductor or CRAN, then > the name m

Re: [Rd] reserving a package name

2014-07-10 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 10.07.2014 23:46, Adrian Dușa wrote: Dear All, While wanting to create a package using the name DDI (which stands for Data Documentation Initiative), I sent an email to the DDI Alliance and ask if they would mind, knowing they are now in the process of copyrighting this brand. The answer I

[Rd] reserving a package name

2014-07-10 Thread Adrian Dușa
Dear All, While wanting to create a package using the name DDI (which stands for Data Documentation Initiative), I sent an email to the DDI Alliance and ask if they would mind, knowing they are now in the process of copyrighting this brand. The answer I got was negative (due to possible infringem