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Website for the 2016 SWC Bug BBQ
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Where are we getting names/affiliations of contributors from for DOI? #10

Closed ttimbers closed 8 years ago

ttimbers commented 8 years ago

This question was emailed to me today, as the person wants to ensure the correct name and affiliation gets attributed.

bkatiemills commented 8 years ago

Zenodo + github pull author info from the repo's contributor list I think; @gvwilson, thoughts / policy?

wking commented 8 years ago

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:33:35AM -0700, Bill Mills wrote:

Zenodo + github pull author info from the repo's contributor list I think; @gvwilson, thoughts / policy?

The most recent discussion I've seen on this point is here 1. I think Git-commit author information is a safe bet. We also want to credit non-commit contribution, but the categorization and tooling behind such credits are unclear.