From 52ed8456286bb9616cea590ce37c2661b135c8ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Copilot Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 10:26:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs(authors): show maintainer affiliations and link contributor graph Update AUTHORS to align with how foundation-grade OSS projects (CNCF, Linux Foundation, OpenTelemetry, Envoy) frame employer-sponsored maintainership: - List both maintainers with explicit affiliations (Microsoft, EPAM Systems). The cross-organization mix is the strongest signal that APM is not a single-vendor project. - Drop the 'Creator and Lead Maintainer' / 'Maintainer' hierarchy in favor of a flat list. Lead-vs-not framing implies single-vendor control. - Replace the volunteer-OSS 'personal capacity' convention (dishonest for paid maintainers) with the CNCF-pattern commitment: project decisions are made in the project's interest, independent of any employer's commercial priorities, with conflict-of-interest disclosure when relevant. - Replace the stale '[This space will be updated as contributors join]' placeholder with a link to the GitHub contributors graph. APM already has 40+ contributors from many organizations (Red Hat, Inditex, Wolters Kluwer, Mirego, Check Point, Linde, ... plus independents). The graph stays current automatically. Reference: CNCF Project Governance Guidelines https://contribute.cncf.io/maintainers/governance/ Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --- AUTHORS | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS index 710be5983..5c6594123 100644 --- a/AUTHORS +++ b/AUTHORS @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ # Authors -## Project Maintainers +## Maintainers -* Daniel Meppiel (@danielmeppiel) - Creator and Lead Maintainer -* Sergio Sisternes (@sergio-sisternes-epam) - Maintainer +* Daniel Meppiel (@danielmeppiel) — Microsoft +* Sergio Sisternes (@sergio-sisternes-epam) — EPAM Systems + +Maintainers' work on APM is supported by their employers. Project +decisions are made in the interest of APM and its users, independent +of any single employer's commercial priorities. Maintainers disclose +conflicts of interest when they arise. ## Contributors -Thank you to all our contributors! +APM is built by contributors from many organizations and independent +developers. See the full list: -[This space will be updated as contributors join the project] +https://github.com/microsoft/apm/graphs/contributors -Want to contribute? Check out our [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md). +Want to contribute? See [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).