+1 for the plan, with two additions:
c) mention CREDITS.TXT in every source fileI think we don't need this, let's just remove the author tags and give credit as you outline.
Ok, as long as credits.txt is an "official policy" we're fine.
e) do not lose existing creditThis is an important issue. I think we should first collect the author infos, update status and credits.txt accordingly and only if that issue is resolved, remove the author tags...
first step is done, see misc/credits/author-tags.txt
-Bertrand
