Hi Karl--

> At least two or three of the contributors has passed away.

     Yes, David N. Smith (dns), Henrik Gedenryd (hg), and Jerry
Archibald (jla) have died.

> What is the procedure to deal with that?

     Since copyright persists after death in many jurisdictions, the
current stance is that we will not include those contributions without
some other indication as to their licensing terms. I'd appreciate
hearing privately from those who have a particular interest in seeing
those contributions included, and from anyone who has licensing terms
from those contributors before they died, or from their respective estates.


     thanks again,

-C

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Craig Latta
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