Re: st: how to cite others' code?

[Rebecca Pope <rebecca.a.pope@gmail.com>]

Thanks Richard and Nick for your help.

Nick, should our paths ever cross, absolutely.

- Rebecca



On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Nick cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
> In this case, buy me a drink if we ever meet. In cases of downloadable
> programs, citing an author and URL is always appreciated.
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 25 Feb 2011, at 20:29, Rebecca Pope <rebecca.a.pope@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Statalist-ers,
>> Is there a standard format or set of guidelines for citing code
>> written by others? I am _not_ asking whether one ought to cite pieces
>> of code written by others, but what is required to be in that
>> citation. If a standard does exist, does it differ depending on
>> whether the code comes from Stata Corp, user-written ado files, or was
>> posted as an example to the list? I did try to search for this before
>> posting, but all I found were some posts relating to people not citing
>> others' code. If guidelines are already codified & available, I'm
>> afraid they have been obscured in my search results by this previous
>> discussion.
>>
>> As a concrete example, Svend Juul posted a question a few days ago
>> about generating new variables in a command when a -varlist- is also
>> required. I do something similar in one of my programs, but Nick's
>> response (http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2011-02/msg00861.html)
>> is far more flexible than my solution to the problem. If I were to
>> replace my code with what Nick posted, how would that be correctly
>> cited?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rebecca
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