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> On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:44 PM, Kenneth Howe <kh...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > +1 > > Ken > >> On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:35 PM, Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> wrote: >> >> +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 >
