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Konstantin Shvachko commented on HADOOP-1147:
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It looks like I am in the minority here, but still.
> The code should be anonymous.
Anonymous code is like public property: nobody cares, nobody takes
responsibility. Been there.
We are supporting Sun's code convention. They have author field in every file.
Even if they don't have an author the field says
@author unascribed
> remove all @author tags from source
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> Key: HADOOP-1147
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1147
> Project: Hadoop
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Doug Cutting
> Assigned To: Doug Cutting
> Priority: Minor
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> We should remove @author tags from the source code. We give contributors
> credit in at least three places (Jira, subversion and CHANGES.txt). Many
> files have been substantially re-written by a range of contributors and their
> @author tags are no longer accurate. Also, @author tags imply individual
> ownership, when we should rather strive for community ownership.
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