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 ? 22:51, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
a ?crit :>
> 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
at 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 at 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 at 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 at .., 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ______________________________________________
> >>>>> R-help at r-project.org 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> ______________________________________________
> >>>> R-help at r-project.org 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.
> >>>
> >>
> >
>