use_gpl3_license: License a package

In poissonconsulting/usepois: Automate Poisson Package and Analysis Project Setup

Description

Adds the necessary infrastructure to declare your package as licensed with one of these popular open source licenses:

• CC0: dedicated to public domain. Appropriate for data packages.

• MIT: simple and permissive.

• Apache 2.0: provides patent protection.

• GPL v3: requires sharing of improvements.

• AGPL v3: requires sharing of improvements.

• LGPL v3: requires sharing of improvements.

• CCBY 4.0: Free to share and adapt, must give appropriate credit. Appropriate for data packages.

See https://choosealicense.com for more details and other options.

Usage

use_gpl3_license(name = "Poisson Consulting Ltd.")

Arguments

name	Name of the copyright holder or holders. Separate multiple individuals with ;. You can supply a global default with options(usethis.full_name = "My name").

Details

CRAN does not allow you to include copies of standard licenses in your package, so these functions save the license as LICENSE.md and add it to .Rbuildignore.

See Also

The license section of R Packages.

poissonconsulting/usepois documentation built on March 12, 2020, 7:25 a.m.