+1 The ASF policy is well known [1] and I think @author information is no longer helpful in any case.
Anthony [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2004/board_minutes_2004_02_18.txt > On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Sai Boorlagadda <sboorlaga...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > In preparation towards graduation I am planning to remove author tags from > all source files. > > GEODE-52 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-52>, has some > discussions whether we should or shouldn`t remove them. > > I would like to restart the discussion and get a fresh consensus from the > community. > > Find below some of the reasons why ASF is against the author tags: > > - Attributions in source files are not up to date. > - Software is a team effort. > - ASF sells the code base as an ASF brand. > - Shield against law-suits. > > -- > Sai Boorlagadda
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