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[R-pkg-devel] Properly referencing copied code

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I'm trying to submit a package to CRAN that uses external C libs but properly crediting copyright holders and authors is the main issue holding up the submission and I've repeatedly failed to satisfy the requirements. I am having a lot of trouble understanding what/who I need to be listing in my DESCRIPTION file and how they should be listed.

1. How does linking to external libs differ from providing the source of a library and linking against that? Do I need to provide references to lapack and blas if they aren't shipped with the package? What about math (lm)?

2. What roles to supply to authors of external software? After my last submission, I got the note:

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@@j5xsj9 m@iii@g oii @iiiy@@ddy@io Properly referencing copied code Jul 11 Ivan Krylov Properly referencing copied code Jul 12 @@j5xsj9 m@iii@g oii @iiiy@@ddy@io Properly referencing copied code Jul 12 Simon Urbanek Properly referencing copied code Jul 13 Tomas Kalibera Properly referencing copied code Jul 13 Ivan Krylov Properly referencing copied code Jul 15 @@j5xsj9 m@iii@g oii @iiiy@@ddy@io Properly referencing copied code Jul 15