" Single mention in ')credits' is rather inaccurate" A list of contributors (aka credit) is standard practice on all research papers given by the list of "authors". Indeed, in physics these days, especially where CERN research is published, involve list "authors" as many dozens of people.
On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM Waldek Hebisch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 03:01:29AM -0700, Tim Daly wrote: > > I find it amusing that )credits only lists people as of October 2006. > > Can I reasonably conclude that no-one has contributed any > > credit-worthy contributions in the last 20 years? > > We have ChangeLog and info from version control, so later > contributions are accounted for pretty accurately. Single > mention in ')credits' is rather inaccurate, but it is the best > what we have for period up to October 2006. > > I would found confusing very long unqualified list of names, where > some people may be unaware that FriCAS exists and most contributed > via their work on Axiom but made no direct contribution to FriCAS. > So that is why I kept things separate, with clear indication who > contributed in Axiom period and contribution to FriCAS recored in > ChangeLog. > > -- > Waldek Hebisch > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/fricas-devel/HhFU2U_KKrE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/agsxn_Ph-v5sKA2g%40fricas.org > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/CAJn5L%3DLMppYWNa%2Bsa3MKZuHjpZ8-mSVcAiMycY2L2YOz15T_TQ%40mail.gmail.com.
