Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: > Ashish wrote: >>> Funny enough, you don't need network to do "svn info pom.xml" ;-) >>> so +1 for removing >>> >>> Maarten >>> >> >> +1 >> > I have removed all the @version from MINA, SSHD and AsyncWeb. Still have > to remove those from FtpServer. > > When it will be done, I will commit if nobody complains. > > Note : We also have to use the same @author tags everywhere. > SSHd uses : > @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>Apache MINA SSHD Project</a> > > FtpServer uses : > @author The Apache MINA Project ([email protected]) > > MINA uses : > @author The Apache MINA Project ([email protected]) > > AsyncWeb still have personal author's tags like : > @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>Adrian Sutton</a> > > In this case, we have to do three things : > 1) check that those authors are Apache committers > 2) check that the code was either committed as a part of the project or > as a part of an ASL 2.0 compliant project > 3) if they are external (ie, ASL 2.0 compliant license project), then we > have to check that the notice.txt contains the correct attribution
For 2) and 3), where the origin of the code is not at the ASF covered by and *CLA, my understanding is that there should be either an IP grant on file or a corresponding JIRA with a checked ASF-license box. Nevertheless, the author tags could be removed altogether, because they are not a copyright (the original author retains copyright anyway, it is irrevokable AFAIK) or a licensing statement. > > In any case, we should use the same tag formet (SSHd format ios probably > more convenient, if we consider Javadoc). +1 Bernd
