At 11:02 PM 3/9/2004, you wrote:
I personally regret this decision. I feel the author tag may be pretty much the only motivating factor for casual contributions. But I will not object
Oleg
On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 04:32, Michael Becke wrote:
> The ASF has recently recommended that we discontinue use of @author
> tags. When first starting out I always enjoyed seeing my name in
> "lights", though I do agree with the ASF's opinion on this matter. If
> we come to a consensus to remove @authors I suggest that we remove them
> from all existing code, as well as leave them out of new additions.
> Any comments?
>
> Mike
>
>
> Begin forwarded message: ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004
>
> <snip>
> > - author tags are officially discouraged. these create difficulties
> > in
> > establishing the proper ownership and the protection of our
> > committers. there are other social issues dealing with
> > collaborative
> > development, but the Board is concerned about the legal
> > ramifications
> > around the use of author tags
> >
> > - it is quite acceptable and encouraged to recognize developers'
> > efforts
> > in a CHANGES file, or some other descriptive file which is
> > associated
> > with the overall PMC or release rather than individual files.
> <snip>
>
>
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