Roy T. Fielding wrote:
...
What the IETF should be doing is restricting the number of editors to 5,
list only the editors on the front page (clearly marked as such), place
the editors' addresses in a section called Editors (if they differ from
the complete set of authors), and then have another section for Authors
that would include all of the people whose copyrightable text has been
incorporated under the Contribution terms.
...
I do agree that if we have a limit for the front matter, it should name
editors, not authors.
It seems to me that, assuming we agree on "editors are authors", all of
them could be put into an "Authors" section (with the editors marked as
they already are).
That leaves us with the question whether any contributor (IPR-wise)
needs to be called "author". Not sure about that. But if we don't call
them authors, they should be listed in a agreed-upon place in the spec.
Because of the IPR implications, that probably should also include
contact info, just as for authors.
BR, Julian
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