On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
I do agree. That's the reason for a lot of projects / podlings to use it -Matthias > > 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 > > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
