In message <529434575.1255030111261.javamail.j...@brutus>, "Jesse Wilson (JIRA)" writes: > > Remove @author tags from code > ----------------------------- > > Key: HARMONY-6348 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-6348 > Project: Harmony > Issue Type: Task > Reporter: Jesse Wilson > Priority: Minor > > > From a 2004 email > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200402.mbox/<[email protected]> > "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'd like to remove author tags from Harmony code to bring it closer > into alignment with Android, which has no author tags.
I'm not directly concerned about alignment with Android but I do think that Apache policy encourages @author tag removal so I am in favour of doing this. > Unless there are objections, I'll prepare a patch... What do you think? If there are no objections then next week I shall script their removal. Regards, Mark.
