Thanks (really!)

w9ya@arrl.net w9ya at arrl.net
Wed May 25 13:48:57 UTC 2005


> w9ya at arrl.net wrote:
>> Hey Zbig and the gang;
>>
>> Sadly most of the smaller distros I pay attention to are doing the
>> same thing, i.e. it will be hard for you to find one that doesn't
>> remove contributors names. I do not pretend to understand why, as this
>> is a complete reversal from the policies that Linux and related
>> software was developed with in the early days.
>>
>> Conversely the "first tier" distros like Mandriva and such ALL
>> maintain a contributors name for ALL contributions including changes
>> related to de-bugging. In fact they will *NOT* accept anything that is
>> anonymous, nor will they EVER strip such information.
>>
>> I *think* I know what this all means, but I will leave it up to the
>> reader to form their own opinion.
>
> You'll be happy to know then that we have started to retain any relevant
>  contributor info then. hth,
>
> sofar

Good deal then Sofar.

As far as it is worth, IMHO this should never have gotten to this point,
but I am glad you have corrected it. <- It shows maturity to correct this
mistake, i.e. because this pre-supposes you admit the mistake. GOOD JOB !!

Bob Finch





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