No that has nothing to do with it. It is because Avalon had a big pissing infantile contest some time back. "My code..no mine...no mine..no yours"... They removed the author tags...and some individuals. I guess the board figures what's good for the geese is good for the gander.
I'm against any removal of author tags (unless you're removing your own, which you can but I will be sad). We don't have that problem here. The biggest problem we have is your common Java developer doesn't know his way around a hex dump. I want to give every accord to those we can for participating. It has always served this project well and I see no need to change it just because someone else had a problem. -Andy -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? The views expressed in this email are those of the author and are almost definitely not shared by the Apache Software Foundation, its board or its general membership. In fact they probably most definitively disagree with everything espoused in the above email. > From: "Height, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "POI Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:41:55 +1030 > To: 'POI Developers List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fwd: ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004 > > I can only assume that they have taken this approach so that the individual > is protected from potential lawsuits Ie the apache group would be targeted > since they would be the "author". > > Having said that it is a sad world where we are seeing the need for such > things becoming more prevalent. You know I can remember when my folks never > used to lock the doors at home...... > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rainer Klute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2004 2:38 PM > To: POI Developers List > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Fwd: ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004 > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:28:38 +1100 Glen Stampoultzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> The other bit is that author tags are "officially" discouraged. > Personally >> I find this somewhat annoying. Given that it is discouraged and not >> mandated I'm not sure where this leaves us. What does everyone else feel >> about @author tags? > > I find this annoying, too, and would like to keep the author tags. Software > is written by humans. If authors were paid for their work, things would be > different, but for volunteer work they should at least get the honor to be > mentioned in the author tags. > > > Best regards > Rainer Klute > > Rainer Klute IT-Consulting GmbH > Dipl.-Inform. > Rainer Klute E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > K�rner Grund 24 Telefon: +49 172 2324824 > D-44143 Dortmund Telefax: +49 231 5349423 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------------- > This e-mail (including attachments) is confidential information of Australian > Submarine Corporation Pty Limited (ASC). It may also be legally privileged. > Unauthorised use and disclosure is prohibited. ASC is not taken to have > waived confidentiality or privilege if this e-mail was sent to you in error. > If you have received it in error, please notify the sender promptly. While > ASC takes steps to identify and eliminate viruses, it cannot confirm that this > e-mail is free from them. You should scan this e-mail for viruses before it > is used. The statements in this e-mail are those of the sender only, unless > specifically stated to be those of ASC by someone with authority to do so. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
