Re: [PATCH 06/16] gnu: Add r-raremetals2.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-raremetals2): New variable.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +    (home-page "http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/RareMETALS2";)
>>> +    (synopsis "Analyze gene-level association tests for binary trait")
>>> +    (description
>>> +     "The R package rareMETALS2 is an extension of the R package 
>>> rareMETALS.
>>> +It was designed to meta-analyze gene-level association tests for binary 
>>> trait.
>>> +While rareMETALS offers a near-complete solution for meta-analysis of
>>> +gene-level tests for quantitative trait, it does not offer the optimal
>>> +solution for binary trait.  The package rareMETALS2 offers improved 
>>> features
>>> +for analyzing gene-level association tests in meta-analyses for binary
>>> +trait.")
>>> +    (license license:gpl3)))
>>
>> The only piece of licensing info I could find is this line in
>> ‘DESCRIPTION’:
>>
>>   License: GPL3
>>
>> Does that mean “version 3 only” or “any later version”?
>
> It means “version 3 only”.  To indicate “any later version” the
> DESCRIPTION file would have to state “GPL (>= 3)”.  The importer knows
> about these conventions and generally does the right thing.  (It didn’t
> always do that in the past, though.)

Oh, perfect then.

Ludo’.