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[Listing original copyright holders in R packages is] especially useful if there are areas of doubt and uncertainty (eg code published on ftp sites before people worried about licenses), since it at least gives you rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.[5]
[5] Adams D, (1978) Hitchhiker's Guide. BBC Radio.
-- Thomas Lumley (in a discussion about copyright vs. licenses)
R-devel (January 2010) #Rstats