Paolo Bonzini a écrit :
As a next step I am proposing to filter out the unknown contributors and the contributors with code size <=25 as the FSF is suggesting.
The unknown contributors should *not* be filtered.
The FSF filters out contributors with code size <= 10-15.
It is not a suggestion *from the FSF*. You may say, "as FSF
practices suggest".
Anyway, if the SFLC said that even the smallest contribution matters, you should abide to that. On the other hand, you can ask Eben Moglen if there is a case from which the "tiny change" practice was derived, and submit that case to the SFLC. But for now, you should not filter out anyone (especially unknown contributors!), unless of course you wish to concentrate on major contributors first, and tackle minor contributors later.
It is the idea to divide in small chunks the author list to share the workload (contacting authors or/and rewriting methods) with the community. But I am not sure anymore if it will be useful as Tim wrote even the history of the methods should be handled...
Hilaire