[Adium-devl] Copyright.txt, Credits.rtf - Policy?

[Eric Richie]

On Sep 1, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Robert Vehse wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I just asked Peter about the following but he advised me to email the
> list to receive a broader statement:
>
> Who is credited in Copyright.txt and who is credited in Credits.rtf?
> Is it every patch writer ever? What is the general policy?
> Peter says patch authors are listed in the former and not in the
> latter. This does make sense to me but I want make sure before I
> start making appropriate changes.

I had always understood it to be that ANYONE who had touched code no  
matter how big or small their patch should be listed in  
Copyright.txt.  We then used Credits.rtf as a more prestigious way of  
singling people out once they had hit a certain level of contribution  
or someone felt they had earned it.  (Usually about the time we  
decided to recognize someone as a contributor.)  To my knowledge there  
was never an official process or threshold.

> When I saw http://trac.adiumx.com/changeset/25078 yesterday I somehow
> doubted the policy has been consequently done and wanted to check.
>
> Incidentally, Pietro Modi ("pi++" on Trac, piPlusPlus in #adium,
> #adium-devl) asked in#adium-devl today why he isn't included in
> Copyright.txt for his patches in http://trac.adiumx.com/ticket/1737
> and http://trac.adiumx.com/ticket/8744.

If his patches were included then he should definitely be listed in  
the Copyright file.

-Eric