> > Just noticed this in "ASF Board Summary for February 18, 2004" > > > > - author tags are officially discouraged. these create > difficulties in > > establishing the proper ownership and the protection of our > > committers. there are other social issues dealing with > collaborative > > development, but the Board is concerned about the legal > ramifications > > around the use of author tags > > > > - it is quite acceptable and encouraged to recognize > developers' efforts > > in a CHANGES file, or some other descriptive file which > is associated > > with the overall PMC or release rather than individual files. > > > > Peter > > When's the IPO?
What means IPO? What about the CHANGES file? Should we create one? What should be there? All names which are listed as @authors in the current codebase? Only new ones? With a short description what they´ve done? Jan
