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1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2<html> 3<head> 4<title>Contacting authors</title> 5<style type="text/css"> 6@import url(styles/default.css); 7</style> 8</head> 9<body> 10<h1>Contacting authors</h1> 11<p> 12The JEDI Code Library is built upon donations by various individuals. In the 13documentation for each subroutine or class you will find who the author of that 14particular code is by looking in the "Quick Info" section. However, 15generically speaking, you should <b>never contact an author</b> regarding code included 16in this library. There are various reasons for this with the two most prominent 17being that some authors explicitly requested this and because "author" means 18different things in different context. Usually "author" means that the described 19code was donated to the JCL by that individual and included after reformatting and 20only minor modifications. However, sometimes code was significantly altered, 21rewritten several times or 'merely' based upon or inspired by code from that 22individual. Consequently there exist several routines which in no way resemble 23the original code as it was donated by the "author". Nevertheless, the individual 24that orginally donated the code is still documented as the author. 25</p><p> 26In general, if you like some routine very much and it has proven to work correctly: 27be grateful to the author (in thought, not by sending him or her an e-mail). On 28the other hand, if some routine turns out to be buggy, incorrect or for whatever 29reason is not to your liking: complain to me. It was most likely we who screwed 30it up and introduced those bugs into code that was working perfectly until we got 31our hands on it! To report bugs, use Project JEDI's 32<a href="http://issuetracker.delphi-jedi.org/">Issue Tracker</a>. 33 34</p><div class="footer">Built on Saturday, October 20, 2010</div> 35</body></html>