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====What about the list of Contributors?====
The list of Contributors in the license header was required by the MPL 1.1 but, in line with other modern free software licences, is not required by MPL 2. In practice, it was neither a complete nor accurate list of people with a copyright interest in the particular file. HoweverAfter discussion, we understand that Mozilla has a long history of allowing contributors to put their names most people in the files they touchproject think it is not useful, and even though Contributors was not designed as can be a "credit" mechanism, some people do perceive it that way. Thereforesource of merge problems, so we propose that the script would preserve the Initial Developer and Contributors of each file in a Contributors list, which would be placed in a separate comment below the licensing information. People would continue to be able to add their names now plan to remove it along with the list if they chose. However, such a list would not count as a "licence notice" under section 3.4 rest of the MPL 2, and so would not be unalterable by downstream recipients1.1 header.
====How do you spell "licence"?====
This FAQ was written by Gerv, a Brit, who spells the noun "licence" and the verb "license", except when he is referring to the official titles of licences written by Americans, such as the Mozilla Public License or the Apache License. Any deviations from this policy should be [mailto:gerv@mozilla.org reported].
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