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> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: joaotavora@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
> 	emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:29:42 -0400
> 
> We delete Maintainer header fields if the person listed stops maintaining
> that code.  But why do we ever delete Author fields?

We generally don't, except in some rare and special situations, AFAIR.