On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:35:42 +0000 Michael Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> said:
> hi, > > based on the recent thread, it seems the AUTHORS file should only be for > developers, yes? > > I ask because we have an entry in the E17 AUTHORS file, "Nicolas Beaumont > <nicolas.beaum...@gmail.com>" which was added by cedric in r80043. this > person, who I think should receive proper credit, has not contributed any > code--he provided a couple pictures for wallpaper. > > unless I'm mistaken, this person should not be listed with the developers, > and his works also need to have proper COPYING notices. well tey come under the COPYING notice for e in general. they dont need ones of their own unless he specifically inists on a diferent license. does he? if so this becomes problematic - we have to provide such different notices. it probably needs to go into COPYING then anyway as a "section" covering specific files as an excption. legally - he's an author of part of the "work" as data is part of it. his name needs to be somewhere. it's the same as translations. one of the best solutions is to divide the AUTHORS up - general AUTHORs who may have contributed data (images/edc/edj) AND specific ones (who contributed just 1 or more po files, or wallpapers etc.). then harvest names from po files (and history from enlightenment-intl list etc. and make that section. name a <xx@xx> ... name z <xx@xx> Wallpapers: name aa <xx@xx> ... name zz <xx@xx> Translations: name aaa <xx@aa> ... of course then we begin to have the "authors from hell"... but we have no other location for this stuff. > thoughts? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
