Key Files

• License field in DESCRIPTION
  • Name + version (GPL (>= 2), Apache License (= 2.0))
  • Standard abbreviation (GPL-2, LGPL-2.1, Artistic-2.0)
  • Name + file (MIT + file LICENSE)
  • Pointer to full text of non-standard license, file LICENSE
• LICENSE file:
  1. Further details (copyright holder + year for MIT), or
  2. Full text of non-standard license
• LICENSE.md = copy of full license text (.Rbuildignored for CRAN)