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Is there anything like an “Open Source Hall of Fame”, for recognizing and remembering significant contributors? It’s not perfect, but perhaps it is a way to at

• aerovistae 6y ago
  I think this is an amazing idea. This needs to exist.
• stefan_ 6y ago
  Linux has the CREDITS file where you end up once you drop out of maintainership of some subsystem: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/CREDITS https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/CREDITS (e.g. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/054c4610bd05 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/054c4610bd05)
  • folkhack 6y ago
    Ha - the last comment on that CREDITS list is pretty funny =) Definitely worth the full scroll.
    • bombcar 6y ago
      Poor Leonard stuck at third to last - has to be a big hit for someone with a name like that.
• einpoklum 6y ago
  Who is "significant"? If you make many people significant, you have a hall of fame so big that nobody can remember anybody. If you make few people significant, then most FOSS labor is again performed by unsung heroes.
• david_allison 6y ago
  Google publishes a list a few times a year with their Open Source Peer Bonus scheme: https://opensource.google/docs/growing/peer-bonus/ https://opensource.google/docs/growing/peer-bonus/ https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/10/announcing-latest-google-open-source.html https://opensource.googleblog.com/2020/10/announcing-latest-...
• rjsw 6y ago
  NetBSD has dedicated particular releases to developers who died.