Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> writes:

> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 02:53:31PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-knitrbootstrap): New variable.
>
> It builds for me.
>
>> +    (license license:expat)))
>
> I couldn't find this in the source code. The only thing I found was the
> authorship info in 'LICENSE' and this line in 'DESCRIPTION':
>
> License: MIT + file LICENSE
>
> If that's enough, then okay.

Yes, the R project suggests projects to only submit a LICENSE file with
the two attribution lines for year and copyright holder, and set the
“License” field in the DESCRIPTION file as “MIT + file LICENSE”.

Here are the instructions including the remainder of the license for
reference:

    https://www.r-project.org/Licenses/MIT

~~ Ricardo


PS: I still need to update the importer to select the Expat license by
default when it encounters “MIT + file LICENSE” in the DESCRIPTION file.

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