We really can't remove Cedric's copyright, any more than someone else could remove ours. The ASF takes oversight regarding copyrights and licensing very seriously. We need Cedric's permission first.
I do agree with the sentiment. In fact, as soon as 1.2.0 is wrapped up, I plan to start removing my own author tags, since, as you say, open source projects are community efforts. [Greg Stein's take on @author tags: <http://tinyurl.com/yrlhu>.] On some of my SourceForge projects, where there is federal money involved, we're starting to donate the source to the public domain (like ANTLR). Meanwhile, I'm making good progress with the combined examples, but need to add more actions than anticipated. [Need to keep those module balls in the air :)] -Ted. On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:06:32 -0800 (PST), David Graham wrote: > > --- Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there a reason for removing Cedric's copyright? As I >> understand it, based on the language in the CLA, Cedric is >> entitled to keep his own copyright there, if he so desires. >> > > Regardless of whether he's entitled I think this change was > appropriate. Struts is a community effort and I don't believe we > should start adding individual copyrights to the pieces we code. > Much of Struts could say "copyright Craig R. McClanahan" but it > doesn't. That's a small but important reason Struts is so popular > and fun to work on. > > So, if only Cedric can remove the copyrights we should ask him > directly and hope he'll agree :-). > > David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
