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[Jeff Newmiller]

I understand that, but the reason he gives for copying code from the stats package is to change the license. That decision seems like something that requires a very direct communication with/permission from the maintainer.

On November 9, 2021 12:21:18 PM PST, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>On 09/11/2021 2:45 p.m., Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>> This question isn't a "how to do package development" question... this is about a specific package so you should send email to the package developer identified by the maintainer() function.
>
>I think Arnaud is the package developer; his question is whether he can 
>copy R source into his package.
>
>Duncan Murdoch
>
>> 
>> I can't foresee this request finding a positive response from R Core, but email seems the most correct approach.
>> 
>> On November 9, 2021 11:34:12 AM PST, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Questions about package development should be posted to
>>> R-package-devel (**not R-devel**).
>>> See https://www.r-project.org/mail.html  for details.
>>>
>>> (I am not sure that they get into legal weeds there, but it seems like
>>> the right place to try).
>>>
>>> Bert Gunter
>>>
>>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
>>> and sticking things into it."
>>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 11:17 AM Arnaud FELD <arnaud.feldmann using gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I use that mailing list because I’ve tried to send a message to the
>>>> r-core address and received :
>>>>
>>>>> "Non-members are typically *NOT* allowed to post messages to this
>>>>> private developers' list. Please use an appropriate mailing list (from
>>>>> http://www.r-project.org/mail.html). For R packages, use
>>>>> maintainer("<pkg>") in R (and if that is R-core using .., use the R-help
>>>>> address).
>>>>
>>>>   I would like to borrow most of the code of stats :: window within my
>>>> package disaggR, which has an uncompatible license as it is MIT not
>>>> GPL2. window has some extra overhead because of the calling of time()
>>>> at the beginning of the function (that is only used for extend =
>>>> FALSE). Copying the function and modifying it would allow me a bit of
>>>> optimization, but I need some agreement as my package is MIT.
>>>> Is it possible ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Arnaud FELDMANN
>>>>
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