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

[Ricardo Wurmus]

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.)

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Ricardo

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