Re: Removing in-source contribution records contributer

Dave Martin
2025-05-09T14:15:01Z

Hi,

On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 02:54:31PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've added to BCC everyone whose copyright notices have been removed
> (those that noted an email). The full thread for this discussion can be
> found here:
> <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/jpin2dbnp5vpitnh7l4qmvkamzq3h3xljzsznrudgioox3nn72@57uybxbe3h4p/T/#u>
>
> Please let me know if it's okay to you to transform your copyright
> notices to make them uniform? That is, do you approve
> <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?id=9f2986c34166085225bb5606ebfd4952054e1657>
> in what affects you?

Should the one-line replacement statement in each file refer back to
the CREDITS file?

Also, nothing seems to say that anyone listed in CREDITS actually
contributed copyrightable material to the project (as opposed to, say,
review effort, moral support or free pizza).

Renaming the CREDITS file to AUTHORS and/or clarifying this in a brief
top-level LICENSE / COPYING file might make the meaning clearer?

Either way, ack for the changes affecting me.

[...]

Cheers
---Dave