--- "Peter B. West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems to me that a major motivation for writing > OSS is precisely the > recognition. When alt-design is completed, I will > probably have written > the bulk of it, as well as designing it, and I have > no intention of > removing my @author tags. Why should they be > removed in favour of a > mailing-list address? >
Of course they shouldn't. In my work, I always try to recognize those people taking FOP to the dance--something, IMHO, that Jeremias needs to be better focused on--and put them on a pedestal, making sure that they're being properly honored. You are certainly one of them and your credits should not be removed. I also disagree on having the team page be watered down to that of a phone book where anyone "on demand" gets listed on it. Contributors have a defined role here--they have a daily, ongoing purpose of helping out on the mailing lists and helping the committers, and we--unlike most other teams--properly credit them on our site. I wouldn't want to reduce that credit by giving our current contributors equal billing with the dozens of people who have submitted patches over the past few years. That would reduce the value of the already meager payment--listing on the web site--we can provide them. Glen __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
