Yet Another Society owns the copyright to the PerlFAQs? When did this come about?
I think having a seperate type of CHANGES file for documentation is the best plan, and just include names of people who submitted patches and a *very* brief line on what they added. +Pete "Nathan Torkington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Chris Fedde writes: > > Copyright (c) 1985-1997 Tom Christiansen. > > Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. > > Copyright (c) 2001 Perl Documentation Project and its contributors. > > > > Also add a section listing names of contributors in the credits section of > > perlfaq.pod. > > I'd prefer the last line be: > Copyright (c) 2001 Yet Another Society. > and make it clear that by making a contribution to the FAQ you hand > over copyright to Yet Another Society. > > I've never known how to deal well with credits. Over time, credits > grow faster than the body of the FAQ. I'm nervous about having a > large credits section. At the same time, I don't want to stiff people > who send in patches. > > Suggestions? > > Nat >
