[R-pkg-devel] License note on CRAN submission

[Uwe Ligges]

On 04.03.2019 05:34, Chris Brien wrote:
> I recently submitted an updated version of my package asremlPlus to CRAN and it did not pass incoming checks automatically because there were 3 Notes.
> 
> One Note was straightforward to fix and using rhub::check_for_cran I having verified that it is fixed. The rhub response from Windows server 2008 r-devel and Fedora linux, r-devel,  clang was  as follows:
> 
> -----
> License components with restrictions and base license permitting such:
>    MIT + file LICENSE
> File 'LICENSE':
>    YEAR: 2019
>    
>    COPYRIGHT HOLDER: CHRIS BRIEN


Looks like you have an extra line between  YEAR and COPYRIGHT HOLDER?
Simply omitting that should solve the issue.

Nevertheless, I do not believe you had a lot trouble getting this to 
CRAN in the past.

Best,
Uwe Ligges





> 
> Suggests or Enhances not in mainstream repositories:
>    asreml
> * checking package dependencies ... NOTE
> Package which this enhances but not available for checking: 'asreml'
> ---
> 
> The second note (concerning asreml) is expected and means that asremlPlus will never pass the incoming check automatically.
> 
> However, the first note concerning the license is not one that I had received on previous submissions, the most recent prior submission being 9/01/2019. The only change that has been made to the LICENSE file since then is the YEAR.
> 
> The thing is that I do not know what is giving rise to the message and I need help to work out how to proceed. I do not want to resubmit to CRAN if there is some modification that I should make that will remove the License note.
> 
> So, is the message
> (1) one that I should now expect, given the MIT license, and I can resubmit to CRAN,
> (2) an indication of a problem with the license that is now being detected and needs to be fixed, or
> (3) an indication of some other problem that needs attention?
> 
> Any help is much appreciated,
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    Chris
> 
> PS The package is at https://github.com/briencj/asremlPlus.
> 
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