Node ownership question

Hi

I've been long been frusrated with the way Drupal handles node ownership.

For example, I've built an application where the original owner of the node must not be changed. The node can be edited, approved or commented upon by their supervisor, but it the node uid should never change.

A classic example is the content_profile module. Nodes are supposed to belong to a particular user. However, the administrator edits it, the ownership becomes the administrator!

I'm forced to make hacks around nodeapi and keep track of the original ownership somewhere else.

Firstly, I'm surprised not more is written about this. But secondly, would your module address this?

Thanks