Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-knitrbootstrap.

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 09:36:40AM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> 
> Leo Famulari <leo@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”.

Okay, thanks for the clarification!

> 
> 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.