Terminology clarification (Re: GPL and R Community Policies (Rcpp)

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Michael Sumner <mdsumner at gmail.com> wrote:

Christ, can we remove all references from the mailing lists while we're at
it?

Look, I want to release software to CRAN, and I would like to
do it without having to explain those remarks in Rcpp. I understand
your frustration, but the authors of Rcpp have made it clear that
private emails will be ignored. I think I have the right to decline
the kind of "acknowledgement" that appears in Rcpp, and there
is no rule that says it must be retained.

This is a very simple resolution that would end this thread (to
the delight of many readers I am sure).

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Dominick

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Dominick Samperi <djsamperi at gmail.com>
wrote:

Dirk,

Please let me know whether or not you will comply with my request to
remove
references to my name in Rcpp (except copyright notices).

Thanks,
Dominick

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Dominick Samperi
<djsamperi at gmail.com>wrote:

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org>
wrote:

On 2 December 2010 at 17:23, Dominick Samperi wrote:
| OK, since you are so accomodating, then please remove all reference
to
| my name from Rcpp as I do not want to be subject to arbitrary
revisions
of
| my status. I may not have the right to say how my prior work will be
used,
| but I think I have the right to ask that my name not be used in the
way
| it is used in the recent update.

As I pointed out, you change your mind on this every 12 months,
limiting
my
patience and willingness for these dances. ?It has also been suggested
by
other than attribution is clearer if you listed as the maintainer of
the
2005/2006 code that we started from in 2008.

The change that this thread is a reaction to happened a few days ago,
not
12 months ago. If I wavered in the past it was because I was being
forced to compete with my own work, not a pleasant place to be.

Are you telling me that you refuse to stop using my name
in Rcpp (except in copyright notices)?

Are you telling me that you will continue to use my name and
update the associated status as you see fit, whether or not I
approve or consent to those changes?

Please answer yes or no.

Thanks,
Dominick

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Michael Sumner
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Hobart, Australia
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