From b4639b628be1b57c16941b6475151f097d43ba6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stratic-dev Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 21:56:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Create AUTHORS.md --- AUTHORS.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 AUTHORS.md diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..618d34264 --- /dev/null +++ b/AUTHORS.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# List of AUTHORS who contributed over time to the Erupe project + +## Point of current development +The project is currently developed under https://github.com/ZeruLight/Erupe + +## History of development +Development of this project dates back to 2019, and was developed under various umbrellas over time: +* Cappuccino (Fist/Ando/Ellie42) (The Erupe Developers), 2019-2020 (https://github.com/Ellie42/Erupe / https://github.com/ricochhet/Erupe-Legacy) (Still active closed source) +* Einherjar Team, ????-2022 Feb (There is no git history for this period, this team's work was taken and used as a foundation for future repositories) +* Community Edition, 2022 (https://github.com/xl3lackout/Erupe) +* Zerulight, 2022-2023 (https://github.com/ZeruLight/Erupe) + +## Authorship of the code +Authorship is assigned for each commit within the git history, which is stored in these git repos: +* https://github.com/ZeruLight/Erupe +* https://github.com/Ellie42/Erupe +* https://github.com/ricochhet/Erupe-Legacy +* https://github.com/xl3lackout/Erupe + +Note there is a divergence between Ellie42s branch and xl3lackout where history has been lost. + +Unfortunately, we have no detailed information on the history of the Erupe pre-2022 +if somebody can provide information, please contact us, so that we can make this history available. + +## Exceptions with third-party libraries +The third-party libraries have their own way of addressing authorship and the authorship of commits importing/updating +a third-party library reflects who did the importing instead of who wrote the code within the commit. + +The Authors of third-party libraries are not explicitly mentioned, and usually is possible to obtain from the files belonging to the third-party libraries. \ No newline at end of file