Ross, while I understand the "All it does" part I don't get the "dangerous" part.
I think noone has ever announced RAT as a solution. It is a helper tool. I think the recommendation to use RAT (for what it offers) is just plainly right. Nothing more - nothing less. Jochen On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> wrote: > I'm really worried about the growing meme that RAT is solving the IP > management problem. > > It is not a solution, it is merely a tool that is useful for a very specific > use case. > > All it does is do a pattern match for an Apache licence header in a bunch of > files. It's really useful for checking the proper licensing of our source > files. > > It does nothing else. > > Thinking RAT is helping the Incubator teach codlings how to manage IP is just > plain dangerous. > > Ross > > Sent from my mobile device. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- I Am What I Am And That's All What I Yam (Popeye) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
