[jira] Commented: (JSPWIKI-589) Remove @author-tags from code

["Harry Metske (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Harry Metske commented on JSPWIKI-589:
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Now, I personally don't care much about having my author tags in source files, but I remember some people have.
Is this still an issue ?

Can we just remove them :

metskem@gneisenau ~/workspace/JSPWiki $ find . -name '*.java' -type f -exec grep '@author' {} \; | wc -l
228
metskem@gneisenau ~/workspace/JSPWiki $ find . -name '*.java' -type f -exec grep '@author' {} \; |awk '{ print $2 $3 $4 }'|sort -u
@author<ahref="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning
@authorAndrewJaquith
@authorAndrewR.
@authorArent-JanBanck
@authorChristophSauer
@authorChuckSmith
@authorCraigR.
@authorDanFrankowski
@authorDavidAu
@authorDirkFrederickx
@authorebu
@authorebuat
@authorErikBunn
@authorFlorianHoleczek
@authorHannoEichelberger
@authorHarryMetske
@authorJanneJalkanen
@authorJohnVolkar
@authorKeesKuip
@authorKenLiu
@authorMurrayAltheim
@authorScottHulbert
@authorScottHurlbert
@authorSebastianBaltes
@authorSteffenSchramm
@authorTorstenHildebrandt.
@authorWoutervan


> Remove @author-tags from code
> -----------------------------
>
>                 Key: JSPWIKI-589
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-589
>             Project: JSPWiki
>          Issue Type: Task
>            Reporter: Janne Jalkanen
>             Fix For: Graduating, 3.0
>
>
> To quote ASF Board resolution from May 2004: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200402.mbox/%3C4039F65E.7020406@atg.com%3E
> {quote}
> * In conjunction with the the discussion about relicensing and some
>    copyright issues, the Board is establishing an official policy in this
>    area:
>    - each and every file must have exactly *one* Copyright line, specifying
>      The Apache Software Foundation. additional individual or corporate
>      copyrights are not allowed.
>      (of course, binary files or certain restrictively formatted files
>      cannot include the copyright and license, but the copyright/license
>      header should be in everything possible)
>    - for contributions of entire files/packages, it is permissible to
>      include a section saying something along the lines of "originally
>      written by ...". this text should occur *after* the copyright and
>      license header.
>    - 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
>    - it is quite acceptable and encouraged to recognize developers' efforts
>      in a CHANGES file, or some other descriptive file which is associated
>      with the overall PMC or release rather than individual files.
> {quote}

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