Requirements for citing deal.II

[Maxi Miller]

In one of my side projects I include the library deal.II, but use it only for reading in parameter files and printing out data in the HDF5 format. I included it mostly because it is in use in most of my main projects, and thus it already was available. Furthermore, being able to reuse parameter files and the rather simple way of storing data were the main reasons for including the library in this project.

Thus, I was now wondering if that usage is enough to support citing the library in publications, even though I never use the main features of it?

Thanks!

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

My general rule of thumb when I'm faced with similar dilemmas is "if I
use, I cite it". That's because someone still put it many weeks of work
to write the parameter handling and HDF5 capabilities (in your case; or
whatever else it is that I use), and it doesn't cost me very much to
cite some other paper. Indeed, my general approach (in this and any
other regard) is to be generous with praise.

Best
W.

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[Maxi Miller]

Ok, will do that, thanks!