> -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Grobmeier [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 27 April 2009 5:01 PM > To: Log4PHP Dev > Subject: Getting rid of author tags: > > Hi, > > I have a commit ready for getting rid of the author tags and would > like to apply. Since a user complained about this and I am unsure > about all this legal stuff, I would like to have your "go"s for this > commit. (Please don't check the patch applied to the bug, I have > re-created it) > > In my opinion it's enough to give credits in the NOTICE file of the > project. We do this at Commons to. I also think that it is enough to > credit real names, not names like VXA or something. > > See also: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4PHP-1 > > If no other opinions occur, I will go ahead and commit it.
Yep I agree, it is part of the 'Apache Way' if you like. Contributions such as donated code (whether an initial import, a patch or a commit) belongs to the project overall and not an individual. Any file donated/committed/patched is owned by the project. Usually, patches are recognised by their authors in any number of ways - via the Jira Issue Tracker, via an svn commit message "..fixes blah, due to Joe Bloggs" . As far as an initial import, it is sometimes noted in a NOTICE file where it came from and if it was a developer rather than another project then his/her name is mentioned. I would not go as far as listing for instance 100 developers but rather the group(s) they belonged to. And I would not continue to use a NOTICE file in this way. To give an example of Apache Forrest for instance uses a CHANGES file (per version) to note significant contributions and who it came from. I think this would be a better way forward than continuing to use the NOTICE file. We do not have to follow it but have a look at http://forrest.apache.org/guidelines.html#contribution and the generated CHANGES at http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_90/changes.html Gav... > > Cheers, > Christian > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2081 - Release Date: 4/26/2009 > 9:44 AM
