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re:Re: st: NEW MODULE: wbdata - World Bank Data Bases
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Richard Williams <[email protected]>
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re:Re: st: NEW MODULE: wbdata - World Bank Data Bases
Date
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:11:42 -0500
At 05:22 PM 2/3/2011, Christopher Baum wrote:
As has been pointed out, _pecats is described in JP's helpfile for
wbdata as a Long and Freese module. He has included
it in several other routines on SSC, with acknowledgement. That's
why there was already a _pecats.ado on SSC (although
Long and Freese software is not generally available from SSC).
I was unaware of the name conflict because the material referenced
above from the SJ was never on SSC. It is JP's call as to whether he
should rename his routine. Obviously there can only be one ado-file
of a given name on SSC, but that does not prevent name reuse between
STB, SJ, SSC and user-provided archives. There is the issue of 'who
got there first', but then I had a routine on SSC for some time,
only to find a routine with the same name appearing in a new issue of the SJ...
In general, you have to be careful about multiple versions of Long
and Freese software. For example, their -fitstat- routine is
available on SSC, but a much more current version of the software is
available on Long's website as part of their -spost9- package of
programs. Maybe _pecats is the same wherever you find it, but if it
is vital as a supporting app for some program I myself would be
tempted to rename it while still giving credit.
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