"Vincent Meyer, MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> > > > Is it reasonable to have your name there ? It make think other
> > > > mdk people didn't contribute...
> > >
> > > Well I added it to incitate other to do so, just to have any
> > > contributor at the same level.
> > >
> > > It may not be sensible, anyway, and I will remove my name if no
> > >other employee add her name, or if you or other think it is not
> > >wize enough.
> >
> > Not really completely wrong to do so; just that it's kind of
> > funny.  It's just like saying "Thanks for Mandrake employee to
> > help contributing to Mandrake Linux!"... why maintainers would
> > want to thank themselves :-)
>
> I disagree.  The Mandrake employees deserve to be credited as much
> as the volunteers do.  If we're a community building a distro, then
> why would it be wrong to give credit to members of the community who
> happen to work for Mandrake?  Do they not contribute ?  I'd like to
> see more of the Mandrake employees have their contributions listed.
> 
> Maybe a good compromise would be to list them separate?  With an
> introduction over the community contributors that don't work for
> Mandrake?

hum, such separation is not really so usefull since knowledge or work
done is equally spreaded among us & you, so the communauty include
both you & us :-)

i've no problem being *not* listed or listed with the communauty.

btw since it'll be displayed in mcc about window and since i'm already
listed there, this just discredit what i just wrote :-)


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