The second issue cannot be commented on because what the "social issues" are is not stated. Presumably it has something to do with who really did the work or something. That should not be an issue if the tag is used properly. I cannot see, again, how changing how credit is appropriated and documented would change any "social issues". Are there any real cases that have actually been at issue that could shed any light on this seemingly unnecessary change in the use of the @author tag?
This response has made me think more than ever that this is really a totally unnecessary action which will create a problem and solves none.
At 10:04 AM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
I'm not on the board, but I'm aware of two issues:
1) The ASF board has concerns over the legal ramifications of @author tags in code. IE it might be possible for someone to sue someone listed as an @author.
2) The tags have caused social issues in some projects (conflicts between people) which has not happened on HttpClient.
-jsd
Michael McGrady wrote: > Can someone tell me in a word or two WHY this change is important? What > is the problem that needs to be fixed? >
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