On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Antonio Petrelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/4/8, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Would be good to clear this with the PRC - I seem to recall a similar > > discussion where a project was crediting a company for a couple of > > free licenses and someone from the PRC pointed out that it might upset > > the official ASF sponsors[1] if they other companies were seen to be > > getting recognition without donating hard cash. > > There are other ways of "donation" than simple cash, and IMHO all > contributors deserve a mention.
Right, but in this case were talking about the corporations that contributors work for. Personally I think this is a can of worms, but if the PRC says its OK then I won't object. Niall > For example, take OpenOffice.org, where every patch is "assimilated" into > the codebase with no credit at all (at least in Apache the contribution is > recorded somewhere). > Probably a "Credits" file inside the distribution is enough, or better, a > page similar to the "Volunteers" page (without all the stories :-) ) could > show our wish to thank all the people who contribute. > > Antonio > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
