+1 to removing author tags.. I would like to see a contributors file though (adding to the pom would probably a bit too much).
Btw there is a tool for this (relicense.pl), should probably be somewhere in the committers area I guess :) Mvgr, Martin Matthias Wessendorf wrote: > moved discussion to dev, since this is a *public* topic > > -M > > On 2/25/07, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi PPMC fellows, >> >> I'd like to plan to remove the @author tags in the code, since these >> aren't a good practice. For instance, when the @author tags belong to >> committers no longer active in the project so they no longer function >> as a "no trespassing" sign. >> >> Also on a incubator based discussion, Bill pointed out: >> <snip> >> In general, @author tags and attributions are poison to ASF-style >> collaboration, they are all about carving out niches in the code. >> The ASF-style development is about tearing down niches and promoting >> collaboration across an entire code base. Collaboration and ownership >> are generally mutually exclusive. >> </snip> >> >> What do you think? >> I am fine w/ removing them step by step (not now, but let's file a >> jira ticket, if you agree) >> >> Thanks, >> Matthias >> >> -- >> Matthias Wessendorf >> http://tinyurl.com/fmywh >> >> further stuff: >> blog: http://jroller.com/page/mwessendorf >> mail: mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com >> > >
