+1 -Dan
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Anthony Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > The ASF policy is well known [1] and I think @author information is no > longer helpful in any case. > > Anthony > > [1] > http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2004/board_minutes_2004_02_18.txt > > > On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Sai Boorlagadda <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > In preparation towards graduation I am planning to remove author tags > from > > all source files. > > > > GEODE-52 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-52>, has some > > discussions whether we should or shouldn`t remove them. > > > > I would like to restart the discussion and get a fresh consensus from the > > community. > > > > Find below some of the reasons why ASF is against the author tags: > > > > - Attributions in source files are not up to date. > > - Software is a team effort. > > - ASF sells the code base as an ASF brand. > > - Shield against law-suits. > > > > -- > > Sai Boorlagadda > >
