From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E52A2920BC for ; Mon, 12 May 2025 11:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1747050049; cv=none; b=Yh7A0wCAUVaucbaF/hjdSOborUTgL3ucug4zuxRuOrD3AL7M+uAXMRMjCUNHIHARJu7/fFj7rMXXdKk1XRHAJKDPU4qzBSzLVqEuf33gyd0itaxHWDYPU/2hebda8V0FO9BKvBJoS5q3awjOF7eaPGXLKXy+P+IeY9v5+1CPrL4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1747050049; c=relaxed/simple; bh=8NQuQX3pP7tHA1BZz3Oie2tBWCQdbeovAw3orIpuydg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=l1KVghNIs+k+ZPrp06UqSZP9yAOHBUBmYCooyyegSlx1pJknVFeTWSQvRHJEbSN3AxZRmKojk0wHH4oC+qB8c7cWFGnNZoxEntnaeqS8TN3e/MffzS4PKA/ruDmysA2iPUEOIvAMw6gOaQD/V8AuN9UEm373U14yy+adYo/bq6M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF50150C; Mon, 12 May 2025 04:40:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e133380.arm.com (e133380.arm.com [10.1.197.52]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 977B23F5A1; Mon, 12 May 2025 04:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 12:40:39 +0100 From: Dave Martin To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Carlos O'Donell , "G. Branden Robinson" Subject: Re: Removing in-source contribution records contributer Message-ID: References: <20250408124238.2gbis6jq5pdz7yoi@illithid> <7a09c8a5-6329-412e-be41-9950a758e55e@redhat.com> <2tmwbk6ennuamcvjdqnialvh4ez3zen666qatcklevasimlihu@n7o5hp6aejqp> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Hi, On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 09:07:47PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 08:49:39PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > > > On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 04:43:36PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote: [...] > > > Just a suggestion, would something like this work in README: > > > > > > + AUTHORS > > > + List of individuals and organizations that have contributed > > > + content to the project. > > > + > > > > Certainly. Thanks! > > > > > This will still be a true description regardless of whether the list > > > is complete or if non page content contributors are included. (There > > > are probably plenty of borderline cases as to whether something counts > > > as a page content contribution or not.) > > > > Yep. For now, I haven't documented it, but I've drawn the line at: > > > > - Had its name either in a copyright notice, > > - or in a source line saying something like "modified by" > > - or was 'Author' in a git commit. > > > > Anyone who meets at least one of those has been included in CREDITS (to > > be renamed to AUTHORS). > > > > Exceptions are authors of code that was taken by this project, but who > > didn't contribute to this project themselves. For example, the regents > > of the University of California wrote pages that have been incorporated > > into this project, but they didn't consciously contribute to this > > project. Thus, I've retained their copyright notices, and didn't add > > them to CREDITS. Seems reasonable. > I've applied both changes already (currently in my branch): > > > Looks good to me. Thanks for the credit. Cheers ---Dave