This is the Debian GNU/Linux r-cran-rcolorbrewer package of RColorBrewer, a set of functions proving color palettes especially suitable for coloring maps as well as coloring general charts. RColorBrewer was written by Erich Neuwirth, based on ColorBrewer by Cynthia Brewer and Mark Harrower This package was created by Dirk Eddelbuettel . The sources were downloaded from http://www.rmetrics.org and are also available from http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ and all CRAN mirrors as e.g. http://cran.us.r-project.org/src/contrib/ The package was renamed from its upstream name 'RColorBrewer' to 'r-cran-rcolorbrewer' to fit the pattern of CRAN (and non-CRAN) packages for R. RColorBrewer is copyright by Erich Neuwirth; ColorBrewer is copyright Cynthia Brewer and Mark Harrower; and all code is released under Apache Software License. For reference, the upstream DESCRIPTION file is included below [ and indented three spaces for clarity ]: Package: RColorBrewer Version: 1.0-1 Date: 2007-07-14 Title: ColorBrewer palettes Author: Erich Neuwirth Maintainer: Erich Neuwirth Depends: R (>= 2.0.0) Description: The packages provides palettes for drawing nice maps shaded according to a variable. License: Apache-Style Software License Packaged: Sat Jul 14 17:11:21 2007; neuwirth The upstream sources contain the following file inst/COPYING [ also indented three spaces for clarity ]: Apache-Style Software License for ColorBrewer software and ColorBrewer Color Schemes Version 1.1 Copyright (c) 2002 Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions as source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: This product includes color specifications and designs developed by Cynthia Brewer (http://colorbrewer.org/). Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. 3. The name "ColorBrewer" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact Cynthia Brewer at cbrewer@psu.edu. 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "ColorBrewer", nor may "ColorBrewer" appear in their name, without prior written permission of the Cynthia Brewer. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL CYNTHIA BREWER, MARK HARROWER, OR THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Where applicable the same conditions apply to the R code wrapper implementing the ColorBrewer color schemes.