The new version of a package which I maintain will include a new function which I have ported to R from Matlab. The documentation of this R function indicates the authors of the original Matlab code, reference to their paper, URL of the source code. Question: is this adequate, or should I include them as co-authors of the package, or as contributors, or what else? Is there a general policy about this matter? Adelchi Azzalini http://azzalini.stat.unipd.it/
You might get better answers on the list dedicated to package development r-pkg-devel This may have already been discussed there so a quick look at the archive might also help you. On 01/06/2020 17:34, Adelchi Azzalini wrote:> The new version of a package which I maintain will include a new function which I have ported to R from Matlab. > The documentation of this R function indicates the authors of the original Matlab code, reference to their paper, URL of the source code. > > Question: is this adequate, or should I include them as co-authors of the package, or as contributors, or what else? > Is there a general policy about this matter? > > Adelchi Azzalini > http://azzalini.stat.unipd.it/ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Michael http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html
> On 1 Jun 2020, at 19:37, Michael Dewey <lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > You might get better answers on the list dedicated to package development r-pkg-develThis is a good suggestion. Thanks, Michael. Some initial search of that list did not lead to any indication, but I will have a second look. Best regards, Adelchi> > This may have already been discussed there so a quick look at the archive might also help you. > > On 01/06/2020 17:34, Adelchi Azzalini wrote: >> The new version of a package which I maintain will include a new function which I have ported to R from Matlab. >> The documentation of this R function indicates the authors of the original Matlab code, reference to their paper, URL of the source code. >> Question: is this adequate, or should I include them as co-authors of the package, or as contributors, or what else? >> Is there a general policy about this matter? >> Adelchi Azzalini >> http://azzalini.stat.unipd.it/ >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > Michael > http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html