{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/issues/66","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/issues/66/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/issues/66/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/issues/66/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66","id":105237651,"number":66,"title":"Historical info on Jim, acknowledgement and thanks","user":{"login":"jaustinhughey","id":421850,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/421850?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey","html_url":"https://github.com/jaustinhughey","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jaustinhughey/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-09-07T15:38:20Z","updated_at":"2015-09-07T16:52:02Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/pulls/66","html_url":"https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66","diff_url":"https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66.patch"},"body":"This is just a friendly (albeit somber) pull request to acknowledge Jim Weirich in a more salient, respectful way. The original copyright statement under \"other stuff\", regardless of who put it there, now seems almost disrespectful, as if he's an afterthought and nothing more.\r\n\r\nIt's important that we acknowledge and thank innovators for their work, even in death; such ongoing acknowledgement shows veterans and newcomers alike that building great things leaves a lasting legacy; seeing that legacy can inspire others to build *their own* legacy by contributing to the community.\r\n\r\nMore functionally, newcomers to Ruby might see lots of references to Jim and jimweirich/rake as the repository location (e.g. books, old articles/blog posts, etc.), so this may clear up some confusion.\r\n\r\nMerely a friendly suggestion; please discuss or ask questions if you have them. Thanks!"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/issues/comments/138339855","html_url":"https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66#issuecomment-138339855","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ruby/rake/issues/66","id":138339855,"user":{"login":"rdlugosz","id":402328,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/402328?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz","html_url":"https://github.com/rdlugosz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rdlugosz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-07T16:52:02Z","updated_at":"2015-09-07T16:52:02Z","body":"I think this a good idea. As we get further down the road it would help\nintroduce new programmers to Jim's legacy.\n\nI would include a link to Jim's Wikipedia entry:\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Weirich\n\nI'll look this over some more when not on my phone and maybe offer some\nadditional changes. Thanks for contributing this!\n\n-Ryan\n\nOn Monday, September 7, 2015, J. Austin Hughey <notifications@github.com>\nwrote:\n\n> This is just a friendly (albeit somber) pull request to acknowledge Jim\n> Weirich in a more salient, respectful way. The original copyright statement\n> under \"other stuff\", regardless of who put it there, now seems almost\n> disrespectful, as if he's an afterthought and nothing more.\n>\n> It's important that we acknowledge and thank innovators for their work,\n> even in death; such ongoing acknowledgement shows veterans and newcomers\n> alike that building great things leaves a lasting legacy; seeing that\n> legacy can inspire others to build *their own* legacy by contributing to\n> the community.\n>\n> More functionally, newcomers to Ruby might see lots of references to Jim\n> and jimweirich/rake as the repository location (e.g. books, old\n> articles/blog posts, etc.), so this may clear up some confusion.\n>\n> Merely a friendly suggestion; please discuss or ask questions if you have\n> them. Thanks!\n> ------------------------------\n> You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:\n>\n>   https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66\n> Commit Summary\n>\n>    - acknowledge Jim in a more salient way\n>\n> File Changes\n>\n>    - *M* README.rdoc <https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66/files#diff-0>\n>    (13)\n>\n> Patch Links:\n>\n>    - https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66.patch\n>    - https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66.diff\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/ruby/rake/pull/66>.\n>\n"}}