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Subject: Re: Past CREDITS files
To: juha.siltala@mail.suomi.net (Juha Siltala)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:04:32 +0100 (BST)
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> I would like to examine the CREDITS files of all/most kernels released over
> time. How could I get my hands on these? I want to study the accumulation
> of contributors over the years. This is part of my masters thesis project.

Download all the kernels. Be aware they are
	-	Wildly inaccurate
	-	Started becoming accurate later on
	-	Were subject to significant external effects (the RH IPO
		caused people to massively update/send in new CREDIT entries)
	

They still represent a tiny subset of contributors. Especially the thousands
who send in the odd small patch

> BTW, when was the current twofold stable/devel numbering scheme started?

See my historical mail archive. 
http://www.linux.org.uk/Old-LK/Old-linux-kernel

Its in there somewhere 8)
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