[Rd] Terminology clarification (Re: GPL and R Community Policies (Rcpp)

[Michael Sumner]

Christ, can we remove all references from the mailing lists while we're at it?



On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Dominick Samperi <djsamperi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dirk,
>
> Please let me know whether or not you will comply with my request to remove
> references to my name in Rcpp (except copyright notices).
>
> Thanks,
> Dominick
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Dominick Samperi <djsamperi at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 2 December 2010 at 17:23, Dominick Samperi wrote:
>>> | OK, since you are so accomodating, then please remove all reference to
>>> | my name from Rcpp as I do not want to be subject to arbitrary revisions
>>> of
>>> | my status. I may not have the right to say how my prior work will be
>>> used,
>>> | but I think I have the right to ask that my name not be used in the way
>>> | it is used in the recent update.
>>>
>>> As I pointed out, you change your mind on this every 12 months, limiting
>>> my
>>> patience and willingness for these dances.  It has also been suggested by
>>> other than attribution is clearer if you listed as the maintainer of the
>>> 2005/2006 code that we started from in 2008.
>>>
>>
>> The change that this thread is a reaction to happened a few days ago, not
>> 12 months ago. If I wavered in the past it was because I was being
>> forced to compete with my own work, not a pleasant place to be.
>>
>> Are you telling me that you refuse to stop using my name
>> in Rcpp (except in copyright notices)?
>>
>> Are you telling me that you will continue to use my name and
>> update the associated status as you see fit, whether or not I
>> approve or consent to those changes?
>>
>> Please answer yes or no.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dominick
>>
>>
>>
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Michael Sumner
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