On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:40:40 +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra <[email protected]> wrote: > Pieter Praet wrote: > > Removing others' copyright statements is not just a violation of the > > GPL, it's also an disturbing display of disrespect for all the time and > > effort our contributors have expended to improve Magit for the good of > > us all. Giving credit where it's due, besides being common courtesy, > > is one of the cornerstones of FOSS development. > > Fwiw, that's what git is for. [...]
Only to some extent. Until further notice, pretty much every distro does packaging with upstream tarballs, and so does Marmalade. > [...] I really don't see the point of > maintaining the equivalent of > > $ git shortlog -nse > > as a separate file in the repository. Well, if left as-is, it's only a matter of time before people start adding copyright lines again, and "who's maintainer" or "who committed the most" are inherently transient metrics, so at some point in the future, the list would need to be revised again, manually, in every file, no matter what. By directly crediting only a single entity and consolidating its constituents into an auto-generated list that covers the entire project, we can permanently retire the Copyright Cleaner hat and direct our attention to less mind-numbing ventures. > I don't know how contributors will feel more appreciated by the > presence of such a file. Regardless of our contributors' feelings on the matter, we'd be doing what's morally just. Besides, recognition can be a powerful motivator. Peace -- Pieter -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "magit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
