From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E26616DE01F9 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 08:06:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.924 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.924 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.098, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.211, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id I0kxFBuiB2TY for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 08:05:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-pf0-f181.google.com (mail-pf0-f181.google.com [209.85.192.181]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 652076DE00B8 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2016 08:05:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf0-f181.google.com with SMTP id y134so67300962pfg.0 for ; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:05:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id :mime-version; bh=KV7ZufWU4lTNDGoNgIjPBzhVzPNTBwrBnsmkR1y4iW4=; b=EC21AHvo6G8itVaQSiBKAZVYcc5AGYVjkeor0iXRb309bKdZYXfNa6oj1JKqofXhZX 3yrgVDngkX8tUStmV0NYkuHevfPvL3jBmjgFa91SAXyDprsoWf641c6Y5piMVcar90vs /yALerI84O/Trq4lVIS82IK6WS23a3DgA3MfQGi/WtFTjKXd7qDynY7DxMA3b+Nc0fDO 3c3AiErRDZvV4japhyoISnZ23mUCSp3Q0A4+YL/iR6cO6f9iOVckx3WEXlxbDNzCXzO2 LrE+uqJdi5Qd6oZ44Vbv1A6ZZn4sKuytiiUbielwi4/iaQ/SEvdOSoZ6ynIaWt8SoDCE BDJQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references :user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=KV7ZufWU4lTNDGoNgIjPBzhVzPNTBwrBnsmkR1y4iW4=; b=CSZmXGQLnQza6ZHNwjpjXJgICx0hR8tEh18hKW5JsnPCedykM7RPb4mBuSeIP/PVjH ALRDh6RXI0Rj0/sUTGar435wbyEYj+110oiQRmqlG8s/sdZQxw8k5yfZWKk6GTm0nUeT qy47NP4BQ9dnHb3344kfr4omCTRE9Vd8sHBZFbIlF/365tRw9kJIhCjaw27YNYRk1u54 /3zdopprlKZ6cN3zEjbboi+BVyVdYagavguLN5ZWUPpCdfOcX2Zg2Nd5d9bX8nb0Pv+C RNqyzlK5dwlwFSR3n4MXAwFSQyPoDB06BFqSD8PzqDBnDOQ57NJPZ7eQhtbIm8a1XVqj K0CQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutxBt5sGmfC+0SJYq1FHOJeC+7lLpJMcdu7CCPnTT/t6WMghH8qCg4V/Kya4Llr/jjL X-Received: by 10.98.144.144 with SMTP id q16mr88035773pfk.98.1470150352871; Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:05:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from marmstrong-linux.kir.corp.google.com ([2620:0:1008:1101:419b:e62d:4938:a6b6]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id te10sm5667758pac.4.2016.08.02.08.05.51 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:05:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Armstrong To: Nicolas Petton , David Bremner , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add Google Inc. to AUTHORS as a contributor. In-Reply-To: <878twfql1g.fsf@petton.fr> References: <1469136633-19235-1-git-send-email-marmstrong@google.com> <1469136633-19235-2-git-send-email-marmstrong@google.com> <877fcdltd7.fsf@zancas.localnet> <878twfql1g.fsf@petton.fr> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:05:50 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:06:05 -0000 Nicolas Petton writes: > [ Unknown signature status ] > Matt Armstrong writes: > >> Looking into this further, if AUTHORS file is essentially unmaintained, >> I need not touch it. > > The AUTHORS file is not unmaintained, why are you saying that? I was going by David's related comment where he said the file had not changed in seven years: id:1469191654-5922-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net. So, it is not maintained as an authoritative list of copyright holders, as is typical in fastidiously maintained GNU software (i.e. those projects fully subscribing to the FSF standards). See https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Recording-Contributors.html Personally, I think this is fine. In the era of reliable DVCS that keep revision history forever and have commands like git-annotate, AUTHORS files in the GNU tradition are probably obsolete. But, I'm not a lawyer. :-)