[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12366: Remove @author tags

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Fri Mar 5 08:18:34 UTC 2010


#12366: Remove @author tags
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 Reporter:  ryan                 |        Owner:        
     Type:  defect (bug)         |       Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:  3.0   
Component:  General              |      Version:        
 Severity:  normal               |   Resolution:  fixed 
 Keywords:  dev-reviewed commit  |  
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Comment(by hakre):

 After another 42 hours, this still looks inconsistent to me. I have
 problems to verify what's said, because I've never seen @author tags
 removed prior to commit (which must be no surprise) while even today I
 stumbeled over @author in trunk (not taking external libraries into
 account if I remember correctly). Also the information of which authors
 ryan spoke is missing. Additionally the note in the codex page just has
 been removed. Just to recap the timeline:

 I will try to gather even more attention from the free software community
 to clarify the attribution/naming of authors issues regarding the status
 of the copyright and GPL. I think the more information there is, the
 better it is.

 From the projects I know of, which do not want to have author-credited-
 code inside their trunk, they communicate that upfront. I think that
 should be done in the wordrepss project as well if that is what is wanted
 so a contributer knows with what she/he has to deal with.

 Maybe it is a suggestion to let the names in there but remove the @author
 tags?

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