+1 Ken
> On 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 >
