If they work on it as part of their job, then sure (although I find the tone of the email very unprofessional). But it would have made more sense to update the

If they work on it as part of their job, then sure (although I find the tone of the email very unprofessional). But it would have made more sense to update the file with a linux.ibm.com address like the other maintainers, rather than delete it.