I just got prompted by GNU Parallel to cite the software, should I publish journal articles etc etc. I love parallel and recommend it to everyone I come across. However such an intrusive prompt showing up, could corrupt scripts that my clients run when their repository updates parallel. This a pain, is intrusive and I can’t help but feel is a poor tactic to achieve your goals. I recommend against this tactic lest we have prompts everywhere through free OS’s when ever an update occurs or a new system is installed. Poor form in my opinion. Otherwise a great bit of software.
Michael