Credits and Acknowledgements

The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “SHOULD”, etc. are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

Where previous work from other pipelines or projects is used within a pipeline, the original author(s) MUST be properly acknowledged.

The following practices SHOULD be followed to ensure proper acknowledgement:

  • Send the original authors a message via Slack to inform them of your use of their work. Check with them to see how they would like to be acknowledged.
  • Check the license of their code and graphics components and ensure you obey the rules that this license imposes (e.g., CC-BY requires attribution of the original creator).
  • If you use portions of pipeline code, even small pieces:
    • Link to the original repository and authors.
    • Leave existing credits and acknowledgement sections intact - there may be more than just a single author involved.
  • If you find bugs or issues, report and fix them upstream in the main project.

If in doubt about what to do, ask the nf-core community about it on Slack.