Email addresses vs GitHub profile in CONTRIB file?
Peter Cock <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Aug 2016 16:27:23 +0100
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Hello all, We're currently in the process of trying to relicense Biopython under the "BSD 3-Clause License", see: https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/898 As part of that I have been using the CONTRIB file, and have just updated a few entries which lacked any contract information: https://github.com/biopython/biopython/commit/9de6c509f7870403cdfaba86d6a8b7b88ba2111b?w=1 It would simplify cross checking the contributors as listed on GitHub if the CONTRIB file entries always had a GitHub username if possible. QUESTION: Should GitHub profile links replace the email address, or be in addition? Even slightly obscured, the email addresses can potentially be harvested by spammers. On the other hand, using just a GitHub profile link means people can choose if they want their email address easily viewable or not. Your thoughts? Peter