Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Stacey Wood wrote: > Thanks everyone. Now I know that I should not include another copy of the > license, but where should I refer to the copies on > http://www.r-project.org/Licenses/? In the DESCRIPTION file? > > Stacey Not in the DESCRIPTION file. :-) Giv

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Berwin A Turlach
G'day Stacey, On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:36:20 -0400 Stacey Wood wrote: > Thanks everyone. Now I know that I should not include another copy > of the license, but where should I refer to the copies on > http://www.r-project.org/Licenses/? In the DESCRIPTION file? I used to mention that location in

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Stacey Wood
Thanks everyone. Now I know that I should not include another copy of the license, but where should I refer to the copies on http://www.r-project.org/Licenses/? In the DESCRIPTION file? Stacey On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Marc Schwartz wrote: > On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Berwin A Turla

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 14 October 2010 at 11:16, Marc Schwartz wrote: | On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Berwin A Turlach wrote: | | > G'day Marc, | > | > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:46:39 -0500 | > Marc Schwartz wrote: | > | >> If you want (and you should), create and include a file called | >> "COPYING" in the 'inst' f

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Berwin A Turlach wrote: > G'day Marc, > > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:46:39 -0500 > Marc Schwartz wrote: > >> If you want (and you should), create and include a file called >> "COPYING" in the 'inst' folder in the package, so that it gets copied >> to the main package d

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Berwin A Turlach
G'day Marc, On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:46:39 -0500 Marc Schwartz wrote: > If you want (and you should), create and include a file called > "COPYING" in the 'inst' folder in the package, so that it gets copied > to the main package directory upon installation. [...] But that would be against the wis

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Oct 14, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Stacey Wood wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently writing an R package and want to declare a GPL2 license. > According to the license agreement, I'm supposed to display: > > "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > it under the terms o

Re: [R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 14 October 2010 at 11:06, Stacey Wood wrote: | Hi all, | | I'm currently writing an R package and want to declare a GPL2 license. | According to the license agreement, I'm supposed to display: | | "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |it under the terms

[R] declaring GPL license

2010-10-14 Thread Stacey Wood
Hi all, I'm currently writing an R package and want to declare a GPL2 license. According to the license agreement, I'm supposed to display: "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free S