Regardless of whether the people who wrote the Matlab code you used as a reference, or who wrote the paper that published the idea that you included in your package are cited as co-authors of your package, the coders and authors should be identified as the people from whom you borrowed the idea and, or, code for the package that you developed. John
John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Baltimore VA Medical Center 10 North Greene Street GRECC (BT/18/GR) Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 (Phone) 410-605-7119 (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) ________________________________ From: R-help <[email protected]> on behalf of Adelchi Azzalini <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 3:17 PM To: Michael Dewey <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [R] a question of etiquette > On 1 Jun 2020, at 19:37, Michael Dewey <[email protected]> wrote: > > You might get better answers on the list dedicated to package development > r-pkg-devel This is a good suggestion. Thanks, Michael. Some initial search of that list did not lead to any indication, but I will have a second look. Best regards, Adelchi > > This may have already been discussed there so a quick look at the archive > might also help you. > > On 01/06/2020 17:34, Adelchi Azzalini wrote: >> The new version of a package which I maintain will include a new function >> which I have ported to R from Matlab. >> The documentation of this R function indicates the authors of the original >> Matlab code, reference to their paper, URL of the source code. >> Question: is this adequate, or should I include them as co-authors of the >> package, or as contributors, or what else? >> Is there a general policy about this matter? >> Adelchi Azzalini >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fazzalini.stat.unipd.it%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd5c4c62072b049c9585308d806607ea8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C637266358807919794&sdata=Q9ZyxKn3BS2K1Sg5K00bb146XiUYqa1cEfSeKzNT1E0%3D&reserved=0 >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd5c4c62072b049c9585308d806607ea8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C637266358807919794&sdata=uIllXVF7AmuyS8iXU%2FWTPBusVvsjopzNuw6j3dWBT08%3D&reserved=0 >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd5c4c62072b049c9585308d806607ea8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C637266358807919794&sdata=XiD8NHBiP2aEKdlyfUsEnACXVT2lzZauof9ZbtexXFI%3D&reserved=0 >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > Michael > https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dewey.myzen.co.uk%2Fhome.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd5c4c62072b049c9585308d806607ea8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C637266358807919794&sdata=T9nJx4glgaENYAL2fAfv%2FBSYXJLQB09en0oVIPRZXss%3D&reserved=0 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat.ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd5c4c62072b049c9585308d806607ea8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C637266358807919794&sdata=uIllXVF7AmuyS8iXU%2FWTPBusVvsjopzNuw6j3dWBT08%3D&reserved=0 PLEASE do read the posting guide https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd5c4c62072b049c9585308d806607ea8%7C717009a620de461a88940312a395cac9%7C0%7C0%7C637266358807929745&sdata=VwPw2Ue%2BTBysaEw3uWzWRRHQ2sY2TTfGU%2B8z6de8oZo%3D&reserved=0 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
