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[Arnaud FELD]

Thanks for your answer. That is helpful even if that is disappointing
for me ;) I can see now that, as R (base and recommended packages) has
had contributions from a lot of people, it's not like a package, you
just can't have a punctual "okay do what you want". I'll have to stick
with a slow window call, I guess.

I was right to ask anyway, and thanks for your advices.

Le mar. 9 nov. 2021 à 22:51, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> On 09/11/2021 3:52 p.m., Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The stats package doesn't give a valid maintainer() address.  It gives a
> vague reference to the r-project.org website, but that website doesn't
> give a contact address.
>
> In fact, the authorship of R is very widely distributed among at least
> dozens of contributors.  Identifying and contacting them all would be a
> nightmare but probably isn't necessary.  However, identifying and
> contacting the necessary ones (the ones who hold copyright on the parts
> he wants to copy) would be very difficult.  Not contacting the relevant
> ones would mean Arnaud's work would be potentially in violation of their
> copyright.
>
> Even if he did manage to contact all the copyright holders, some of them
> would probably not agree to more permissive licenses.  For example, I am
> a copyright holder on some parts of the source, and I wouldn't agree to
> relicensing.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>
> >
> > 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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> >
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