-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 03 March 2004 07:38 pm, Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: > Dear folks @ community, > > Hello. > > One question came to my mind about the licensing issue. > > On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:19:01 -0800 > > Greg Stein wrote: > > - 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 > > I think it that perhaps we should pay much attentin to the licensing > issue upon websites in ***.apache.org, too (not sure .. correct me if > i am wrong) > > I could see some XML files (e.g. files in "site" module) having > <author> tags (/document/properties/author) > which contained real person's names and e-mail addresses. > > Should we also change these old customs ? I mean, usage of > real person's names in author tags should be discouraged ? > > # e.g. (Preferable?) > # "site" module: > # <author email="apache.AT.apache.DOT.org">The Apache Software > Foundation</author> # "jakarta-site2" module: > # <author email="general.AT.jakarta.DOT.apache.DOT.org">Apache Jakarta > Project</author> > > I do appreciate any inputs/comments/suggestions. > T.I.A. > Sincerely, > >
Forrest plans on removing the <author/> elements from our site's documents. Also, we have previously kept the email address unused so that individuals would not get contacted. - -- Dave Brondsema [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFARnxyVvBSb5uzznARAmirAJ9Q+BU0dtyXkafXhy+tU/WL9/uMMACeLF+l QhEi/Udm9DHErzH9kHN/ekw= =Yro7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
