The security consideration section pending, this is the last open issue I have 
to close as editor before the document is ready to leave the working group. 
While this is silly business for many, it is very important to others, so bear 
with me. I want to make sure we give everyone the proper recognition they 
deserve.

- Authors

The document currently lists 1 editor (Eran Hammer-Lahav) and 2 authors (David 
Recordon, Dick Hardt). The three names were originally selected to reflect the 
compromise edited by David, combining the two document (OAuth 1.0 RFC and WRAP 
I-D) edited by Dick and me. I am about to include a large chuck of work written 
by Torsten Lodderstedt, Mark McGloin, and Phil Hunt.

This raises the question of who should receive top billing. These are the 
options I came up with (listed without any preference):

- Leave the three names as in -13.
- Add the three additional names and obtain a special exception from the 
IESG/AD (?) for listing more than 5 names (RFC rules).
- List only the editor (IETF norm).
- Some other criteria to show a different subset of names.

Any of the above can be combined with moving the Contributors section to the 
front (before the introduction) to give higher visibility to the contributors. 
I honestly have no preference and given that my name is listed as editor in the 
3 alternatives, I will refrain from expressing an opinion.


- Contributors

The following is the new Contributors appendix:

Appendix A.  Contributors

   This specification is the work of the OAuth Working Group which
   includes dozens of active and dedicated participants.  In particular,
   the following individuals contributed ideas, feedback, and wording
   which shaped and formed the final specification:

   Michael Adams, Andrew Arnott, Dirk Balfanz, Blaine Cook, Brian
   Campbell, Leah Culver, Bill de hOra, Brian Eaton, Brian Ellin, Igor
   Faynberg, George Fletcher, Tim Freeman, Evan Gilbert, Yaron Goland,
   Brent Goldman, Kristoffer Gronowski, Justin Hart, Craig Heath, Phil
   Hunt, Michael B. Jones, John Kemp, Mark Kent, Raffi Krikorian, Chasen
   Le Hara, Rasmus Lerdorf, Torsten Lodderstedt, Hui-Lan Lu, Paul
   Madsen, Alastair Mair, Eve Maler, James Manger, Laurence Miao, Chuck
   Mortimore, Justin Richer, Peter Saint-Andre, Nat Sakimura, Rob Sayre,
   Marius Scurtescu, Naitik Shah, Luke Shepard, Justin Smith, Jeremy
   Suriel, Christian Stuebner, Paul Tarjan, Allen Tom, Franklin Tse,
   Nick Walker, Skylar Woodward.

   The initial OAuth 2.0 protocol specification was edited by David
   Recordon, based on two previous publications: the OAuth 1.0 community
   specification [RFC5849], and OAuth WRAP (OAuth Web Resource
   Authorization Profiles) [I-D.draft-hardt-oauth-01].

   The OAuth 1.0 community specification was edited by Eran Hammer-Lahav
   and authored by Mark Atwood, Dirk Balfanz, Darren Bounds, Richard M.
   Conlan, Blaine Cook, Leah Culver, Breno de Medeiros, Brian Eaton,
   Kellan Elliott-McCrea, Larry Halff, Eran Hammer-Lahav, Ben Laurie,
   Chris Messina, John Panzer, Sam Quigley, David Recordon, Eran
   Sandler, Jonathan Sergent, Todd Sieling, Brian Slesinsky, and Andy
   Smith.

   The OAuth WRAP specification was edited by Dick Hardt and authored by
   Brian Eaton, Yaron Goland, Dick Hardt, and Allen Tom.

The list of names was directly derived from my issues list from the past year. 
During every document edit I kept track of the person providing the feedback 
which resulted in a change. This means that those participating in discussions 
but who did not directly have any impact on the document are not named. This is 
the only reasonable criteria I was able to come up with.

An alternative is to list anyone who posted anything to the mailing list since 
the work began or to keep the list as-is and let the chairs hand-pick any 
additional names they believe are justified. I don't have strong views, as long 
as the list is fair.


- Acknowledgement

This section will start with 'The editor wishes to thank...' and is at my 
discretion.

EHL


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