I don't think that the final word has been said on the use of @author tags by the PMC. At the moment, "discouraged" seems to be more of a suggestion than a requirement. It is unclear on what benefit removing the tags will have, from a legal perspective. It is also my feeling that if we are to remove @author tags, that some comparable replacement mechanism should be proposed. All Jakarta projects will be struggling with this.
I brought this issue up for clairification on the PMC list, due to the concerns raised on this list. More to come. -jsd Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: >>As far as timing goes, we can be pretty flexible I think. My preference >>would be to stop adding author tags now and begin putting people on a >>thank you list. We can then migrate existing @authors when the time >>seems right, (i.e. whenever someone gets stuck doing it). >> > > > Sounds like a compromise. I still wish, though, the board would > reconsider. > > Oleg > > > >>Mike >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
