al said:
It's standard repost practice, and common courtesy, to maintain the credit to the original producer.
these are _not_ "reposts". they are independent entities. and since i am redoing these books because i believe that they were not done entirely correctly the first time around, a feeling which probably holds true for the other teams too, these efforts might well be interpreted as a _condemnation_ of the original file, in which case i'm not certain that people would agree it's "common courtesy" to "maintain" the "credit". it might appear to be more like pointing the finger of blame...
silly word, since this isn't or shouldn't be a contest
this most certainly _is_ a contest. the discussion has revolved around the "best" way to do things, arising from beliefs that the current output "isn't good enough", so the evaluative dimension is _permeating_ this entire issue, al.
John Doe will NOT lose his credit, and will NOT lose first credit.
you can do whatever you like with your files. i'll do the same with mine. -bowerbird