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

[Colin Barrett]

On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:09 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 always try to add credits to Copyright.txt when I check patches in  
for people. I am 100% sure that there are gaps in that file, some that  
we will never know about.

Though to be fair, it is in the directions for how to submit your  
patch to make sure you add your name to Copyright.txt and add that to  
the diff.

Credits.rtf I don't really touch, but what Eric said seems reasonable  
to me.

> When I saw http://trac.adiumx.com/changeset/25078 yesterday I somehow
> doubted the policy has been consequently done and wanted to check.

...? Is there a problem with that commit?

> 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.

Because the person who checked it in forgot, of course. We try to do  
our best, and if people would follow the directions on the wiki, this  
problem wouldn't happen as much.

-Colin