title: How do I determine the author of an R package?
body: <p>How can I determine who the authors of a package are? Given that we have this widely used code base, I think it is appropriate that I make a reference to the software I use in my analysis.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to programmatically retrieve the author and any other relevant information?</p>
  
  <p>In pseudocode, I want to do the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>references("base")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I do that?</p>