Dear list member,
I have become confused about the YEAR that should be specified for a MIT license. In the current version on CRAN (4.1-10) the YEAR is specified as 2018, this being the year that I applied a MIT license to the package.
I changed the YEAR to 2018-2019 before submitting version 4.1-21 of the package to CRAN and this generated the following NOTE:
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE
Maintainer: 'Chris Brien <Chris.Brien at unisa.edu.au>'
License components with restrictions and base license permitting such:
MIT + file LICENSE
File 'LICENSE':
YEAR: 2018-2019
COPYRIGHT HOLDER: CHRIS BRIEN
I had submitted this version of the package with the YEAR as 2018 to rhub and received a similar message. So it seemed that I needed to revise the YEAR.
I had read on the web that the YEAR should cover those years in which a version had been released and that a range of years is fine, hence the change to 2018-2019.
Can anyone tell me what I need to do to have a valid YEAR specification that also fits with what CRAN requires?
My best guess is that CRAN cannot deal with a range of values for YEARS and that I should specify 2019, because the version that I am submitting was generated in 2019. However, I want to be sure before resubmitting.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Cheers,
Chris