Quoting David Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The @author javadoc tag topic has been discussed on commons-dev recently > and Ted brought it up in a recent struts-dev thread so I thought it might > be nice to get the Struts community's opinion on it. Some arguments > against @author tags by Greg Stein can be found here: > http://tinyurl.com/yrlhu >
I'm +1 on removing @author tags. Struts is a work of many many hands, and removing them avoids any need to decide how "significant" a particular contribution is before it warrants adding that person. > I'm not too concerned about the legal issues because I don't think there > are any. I think it's a good idea to remove all of the tags rather than > each person removing their own so that the remaining tags don't > misrepresent who did most of the work (kind of an all or nothing deal). I'm not at all concerned about any potential legal issues related to @author. It's the social impact of this being a community project that is more important. The fact that my name is all over the place, for example, distorts the reality of the last year or so when I haven't had as much time as I'd like to participate. > > Comments? > > David > Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
