I don't have any problem with this. In fact, I don't see any reason
why we wouldn't want to simply do a bulk remove of these tags - any
objections?
On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:48 PM, Niclas Hedhman wrote:
Gang,
ASF has a general recommendation that codebases are free of @author
tags. The reason, AFAIK, are two-fold;
1. Collective ownership. It is recommended that no one "owns" files
and that they are all of 'community ownership'. The @author tags have
a tendency to 'discourage' other community members to modify the file,
and thus inhibiting evolution, especially when the original author
becomes less active (very common given, enough time as certain as
taxes).
2. Legal obfuscation. By advertising your 'ownership' the author is
putting him/herself at extended risk of legal action, since the author
may not be solely responsible for all content in the file. Yet,
someone seeking legal action will go to the easiest information
available (the author tag). The exact information is available in the
Subversion logs anyway, and we have a small but additional barrier to
extract such information.
So, I suggest that these are removed over time, in line with such
recommendation, for your own good. I doesn't in anyway change the
copyright you hold individually to the work you have performed.
Cheers
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