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Re: how do I cite cygwin for academic publication?
- From: Arturus Magi <sailorleo at isonews2 dot com>
- To: Peter Waltman <pwaltman at eecs dot tufts dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:38:36 -0400
- Subject: Re: how do I cite cygwin for academic publication?
- References: <42ADE560.8030902@eecs.tufts.edu>
- Reply-to: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Peter Waltman wrote:
since I used cygwin to implement my masters project (which I'm not
getting into publishable form), I'd like to check to see if there is a
preferred citation that the mainainers want used when citing cygwin. Do
you have one?
Our preferred citation is pretty much irrelevant. Use the same citation
method that your instructor/institution requires for any other software
(I could get a copy of the MLA citation method for electronic media, but
I don't have the time available right now to hunt down my copy of the
MLA manual).
For the author, cite the person(s) who wrote the code you're actually
citing, if available, or 'Red Hat, et. al.' if you're citing the Cygwin
project as a whole.
Publisher is Red Hat (use the full corporate name, as it's not commonly
recognized publisher. It should be written out in full in the Cygwin
website's copyright notice).
Also, as a note: submitting a masters project may still be considered
distribution. You may want to solicit advice from a legal athority, if
possible.
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