Re: [pygame] Citing PyGame in papers

[Ryan Hope <rmh3093@xxxxxxxxx>]

I realize its an open source project. However, I can't cite 40+
authors nor is there any sort of unifying group which I could cite.

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Renà Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know of a preferred way, or what is usual for open source
> projects...
>
> That entry looks like it could be fine I guess?
>
> Does the year have to be the start year, or just the current year? It is
> published continuously from the year 2000 until now.
>
> Also, for Author I see pygame as a community open source project these days
> with many contributors. At least 30-40 people have made significant
> contributions to the source code, and many more to other parts of pygame
> (releasing projects, wiki edits, writing tutorials, etc).
>
> cheers,
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Ryan Hope <rmh3093@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Is there a preferred way to cite PyGame in a journal article? At the
>> moment I am using the following BibTex entry but I am not sure how
>> correct this is.
>>
>> @Misc{pygame,
>> author = {Pete Shinners},
>> title = Â{PyGame},
>> howpublished = {\url{http://pygame.org/}},
>> year = {2011}
>> }
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Hope, M.S.
>> CogWorks Lab
>> Department of Cognitive Science
>> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>
>



-- 
Ryan Hope, M.S.
CogWorks Lab
Department of Cognitive Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute