Author tags (Re: ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004)
Dear folks @ community, Hello. One question came to my mind about the licensing issue. On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:19:01 -0800 Greg Stein wrote: - 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 think it that perhaps we should pay much attentin to the licensing issue upon websites in ***.apache.org, too (not sure .. correct me if i am wrong) I could see some XML files (e.g. files in site module) having author tags (/document/properties/author) which contained real person's names and e-mail addresses. Should we also change these old customs ? I mean, usage of real person's names in author tags should be discouraged ? # e.g. (Preferable?) # site module: # author email=apache.AT.apache.DOT.orgThe Apache Software Foundation/author # jakarta-site2 module: # author email=general.AT.jakarta.DOT.apache.DOT.orgApache Jakarta Project/author I do appreciate any inputs/comments/suggestions. T.I.A. Sincerely, - Tetsuya Kitahata -- Terra-International, Inc. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.terra-intl.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Author tags (Re: ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 03 March 2004 07:38 pm, Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: Dear folks @ community, Hello. One question came to my mind about the licensing issue. On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:19:01 -0800 Greg Stein wrote: - 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 think it that perhaps we should pay much attentin to the licensing issue upon websites in ***.apache.org, too (not sure .. correct me if i am wrong) I could see some XML files (e.g. files in site module) having author tags (/document/properties/author) which contained real person's names and e-mail addresses. Should we also change these old customs ? I mean, usage of real person's names in author tags should be discouraged ? # e.g. (Preferable?) # site module: # author email=apache.AT.apache.DOT.orgThe Apache Software Foundation/author # jakarta-site2 module: # author email=general.AT.jakarta.DOT.apache.DOT.orgApache Jakarta Project/author I do appreciate any inputs/comments/suggestions. T.I.A. Sincerely, Forrest plans on removing the author/ elements from our site's documents. Also, we have previously kept the email address unused so that individuals would not get contacted. - -- Dave Brondsema [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFARnxyVvBSb5uzznARAmirAJ9Q+BU0dtyXkafXhy+tU/WL9/uMMACeLF+l QhEi/Udm9DHErzH9kHN/ekw= =Yro7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Farewell to Martin Pöschl
Erik Abele wrote: On 11.02.2004, at 04:10, Daniel L. Rall wrote: With great sadness, I must report the staggering loss of our good friend and colleague, Martin Pöschl [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Details are sketchy, but it's been confirmed that Martin passed away on January 29th, 2004. Martin lived in Vienna, Austria. I'm really shocked to read this. Martin and I became very good friends during the last year, especially while meeting up at AC '03... just remembering some long nights, roaming through the bars of Vegas, with excellent discussions and always bundled with a load of fun :~/ I'm very, very sad as I realize that he has gone forever. On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 18:21, Jim Jagielski wrote: I think it would be most appropriate for the ASF to send some sort of condolences to the Pöschl family (eg: flowers). Absolutely +1. In case none of the other members had any luck in contacting his family, I'll try to do so tomorrow. +1 I, too, met Martin at AC 2003 and he was a very nice guy. I'm saddened by his passing and I think it would be a nice gesture for the ASF to show how much he meant to the whole crew. Bruce -- perl -e 'print unpack(u30,0G)[EMAIL PROTECTED]5R\F9EG)E=\$\!FFEI+F-O;0\`\`);' The Castor Project http://www.castor.org/ Apache Geronimo http://incubator.apache.org/projects/geronimo.html - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Author tags (Re: ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004)
Folks, On Mar 4, 2004, at 1:46 AM, Dave Brondsema wrote: On Wednesday 03 March 2004 07:38 pm, Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: Greg Stein wrote: - author tags are officially discouraged. these create difficulties in .. author tags (/document/properties/author) (On a personal title): I think the operative word is 'discuraged'. They are not banned, forbidden or anything else - just a nudge that it is best practice to have them not in/near the code. But do not fret over it too much; certainly do not create more of them, and clean up is kinda nice - but lets make sure it does not distract us from doing real things/coding. Note also that it is the author tags in specific files/bits of code; attribution in a CHANGES file is still fine of course. Dw - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
