On 27 March 2016 at 18:26, Ole Tange <o...@tange.dk> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Christopher Jefferson > <ch...@bubblescope.net> wrote: > : >> Would I cite 'parallel' if it was an integral part of my research >> project (for example, a parallelisation project)? Of course! Further, >> if I reported times taken I would cite parallel, as it would be an >> integral part of recreating those times. >> >> If I used parallel to simply speed up a set of analysis of data? Then >> I would not cite it, in the same way I wouldn't cite xargs, grep, cut, >> awk and bash, which might be used in the same scripts. > > As the speedup of analysis is a common use case, GNU Parallel > (--citation) mentions this situation in this way: > > When using programs that use GNU Parallel to process data for > publication please cite: [...] > > Do you feel the wording is unclear? If so: What should it say to > convey the message that you should cite when using GNU Parallel for > speeding up of analysis of data?
If that is what you want, then the current wording is fine. > You do not find similar wording in xargs, grep, cut, awk and bash - > thus no need to cite those. I personally disagree with this -- I do not cite software or papers because their authors want citations. I cite because I believe the citation helping users understand my paper, reproduce it's results, or place it in context. > If you prefer not to cite GNU Parallel at all, then please refrain > from using GNU Parallel. I am happy to accept that, but I feel that this requirement violates the GPL, the GPL FAQ specifically covers this case: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#RequireCitation Perhaps parallel should be changed to another, less free, license? Otherwise I could simply take parallel and delete the request for citation? Chris