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Justin Bertram resolved ACTIVEMQ6-87.
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Resolution: Fixed
https://github.com/apache/activemq-6/pull/171
> Strip @author tags from Java source
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> Key: ACTIVEMQ6-87
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACTIVEMQ6-87
> Project: Apache ActiveMQ 6
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 6.0.0
> Reporter: Justin Bertram
> Assignee: Justin Bertram
> Fix For: 6.1.0
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> Way back in 2004 [the Apache Board officially discouraged the use of 'author'
> tags|http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2004/board_minutes_2004_02_18.txt]
> in source code. They are not _banned_, but merely discouraged. However, I
> think it's probably a good idea to strip them from our source all the same.
> Other projects (e.g.
> [Camel|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAMEL-1812]) have done the same.
> Here are a few other reasons to remove them (taken from
> [here|https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2895]):
> The author tags in the java files are a maintenance nightmare:
> - A large percentage is wrong, incomplete or inaccurate.
> - Most of the time, it only contains the original author. Many files are
> completely refactored/expanded by other authors.
> - Git is accurate, that is the canonical source to find the correct author.
> To find the correct author of a piece of code, you always have to double
> check with git, you cannot suppose the author on the author tag alone.
> - Author tags promote "code ownership", which is bad in the long run.
> - If people work on a piece they perceive as being owned by someone else,
> they tend to:
> -- only fix what they are assigned to fix, not everything that's broken.
> -- discard responsibility if that code doesn't work properly.
> -- be scared of stepping of the feet of the owner
> - Instead of "code ownership", we need "module leadership" and "peer reviews".
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