[Rd] authorship and citation

[Uwe Ligges]

On 05.10.2015 23:47, Andrew Robinson wrote:
> As a fourth option, I wonder if the first author could fork the package?
>
> Presumably, appropriately cited, a fork is permitted by the license under
> which it was released. Then the original package, by both authors, still
> exists (and a final version could point to the new one) and the new
> package, citing the previous version appropriately, is by a single author.

No, copyright remains. You can fork given the license permits it, but 
there are still the same copyright holders ...

Best,
Uwe Ligges



>
> The page of CRAN's policies doesn't seem to touch on forking, presumably
> because it's out of scope.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Simply advice:
>>
>> The former co-author contributed, so he is still author and probably
>> copyright holder and has to be listed among the authors, otherwise it would
>> be a CRAN policy violation since even if he does not develop further on, he
>> developed parts of the so far existing package (if you talk about a CRAN
>> package).
>>
>> I am not a lawyer, hence I cannot speak for copyright/license stuff in
>> general, hence my comments only about CRAN policies.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05.10.2015 23:02, Adrian Dușa wrote:
>>
>>> Dear R developers,
>>>
>>> This is a rather peculiar question, but nevertheless I would still need an
>>> answer for.
>>> It is about an R package which I created (namely QCA), and from versions
>>> 1.0-0 to 1.1-4 I had a co-author.
>>> The co-author recently withdrawn from the package development, but still
>>> requires to be left in the authors list and be cited for the package in
>>> the
>>> CITATION file.
>>>
>>> Obviously, one could not require citations for further developments, but
>>> don't know how exactly to proceed (I would like to be fair and comply to
>>> rules).
>>>
>>> I have three options:
>>>
>>> 1. Since the co-author withdrawn from the package development, erase his
>>> name from the list of authors (but duly recognising his past contribution
>>> in the package description file)
>>>
>>> 2. Preserve his name in the list of authors (with the comment "up to
>>> version 1.1-4"), but erasing his name from the citation file
>>>
>>> 3. Keep his name both in the authors list and in the citation file
>>> indefinitely, even though he doesn't do any development work anymore (I
>>> have been threatened with a legal process for plagiarism if I did
>>> otherwise).
>>>
>>> My gut feeling is, since his name is related to the previous versions,
>>> anyone using those versions would cite him as well, but otherwise I don't
>>> feel comfortable citing my former co-author for the current work he hasn't
>>> contributed to.
>>>
>>> At this point, I would really use an advice, as on the other hand I
>>> wouldn't want to break any regulation I might not be aware of.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Adrian
>>>
>>>
>>>
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