So to follow the "Pragmatic Programmer", only the ASF should be listed as the owner, which makes @author tags useless, and confusing from a legal perspective. The copyright statement at the top of every source file attributes ownership to the ASF. Removal of the @author tags is supposed to help protect those listed as @authors legal entanglements, and to empower the PMC.
Removing the @author tags does make sense. The only thing that I am disappointed about is that there has been no suitable replacement recognition mechanism agreed upon. But its still being disucssed by the PMC.
-jsd
Roland Weber wrote:
That's exactly the problem: "not necessarily who edited the file last, but the owner"
There are people who see a chance to contribute an enhancement or bug fix. We'd like to have them listed as someone who contributed, but *without* the responsibility of being the owner of the code.
cheers, Roland
"Chris Lamprecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11.03.2004 09:54 Please respond to "Commons HttpClient Project"
To: "Commons HttpClient Project" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: Subject: Re: @author tags
I'm currently reading _The Pragmatic Programmer_, and I just came across the
following in a section entitled "Comments in Code" on page 250:
"One of the most important pieces of information that should appear in the
source file is the author's name -- not necessarily who edited the file
last, but the owner. Attaching responsibility and accountability to source
code does wonders in keeping people honest ..."
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