-------------------------------------------------- License for the 'statnet' suite of packages -------------------------------------------------- This software is distributed under the GPL-3 license. It is free, open source, and has the following attribution requirements (GPL Section 7): (a) you agree to retain in 'statnet' and any modifications to 'statnet' the copyright, author attribution and URL information as provided at http://statnetproject.org/attribution (b) you agree that 'statnet' and any modifications to 'statnet' will, when used, display the attribution: Based on 'statnet' project software (http://statnetproject.org). For license and citation information see http://statnetproject.org/attribution (c) you agree that 'statnet' and any modifications to 'statnet' will display the citation information, as provided in the original CITATION file, when the 'citation' function is executed with the name of the package given. (d) you agree to retain in the documentation contained within this software, and any modifications of it, the author attribution (GPL Section 7, clause c). -------------------------------------------------- What does this mean? ==================== If you are modifying 'statnet' or adopting any source code from 'statnet' for use in another application, you must ensure that the copyright and attributions mentioned in the license above appear in the code of your modified version or application. These attributions must also appear when the package is loaded (e.g., via 'library' or 'require'). Enjoy! Mark S. Handcock, University of Washington David R. Hunter, Penn State University Carter T. Butts, University of California-Irvine Steven M. Goodreau, University of Washington Martina Morris, University of Washington The 'statnet' development team Copyright 2007