So is the whole "Contributors" section omittable? Or should
it be
there but left empty (looks kind of strange)?
Should the headers of the earlier files (which use the old license)
be
replaced with such a header?
No, if someone wished to be listed as contributor on the file
that is their choice.
/max
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Thanks,
Daniel Dekany
Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 1:16:56 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
> On 13 Jul 2016, at 23:18, Daniel Dekany wrote:
>
>> Friday, July 8, 2016, 8:52:02 AM, Daniel Dekany wrote:
>>
>>> Friday, July 8, 2016, 1:51:45 AM, Alexey Kazakov wrote:
>>>
>>>> fix licenses in the headers of new classes
>>
>> You have provided this example:
>>
https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-openshift/blob/master/plugins/or...
>>
>> I wonder if the "Contributors:" part is necessary, and if so then
>> should I mention JBoss there (and then with what wording, given the
>> initial API wasn't provided by JBoss), or only my name. I definitely
>> would prefer not having a Contributors section at all, especially
>> not
>> one with my name (it's wrong on the same way as the @author JavaDoc
>> tag is), but then, it's up to the JBoss of course.
>>
>> (Also, if the other headers should be replaced later too, consider
>> that then nobody will try figure out for each file who the
>> contributors were...)
>
> Heya, getting back from vacation thus sorry for delay in answer.
>
> If you don't want to be listed in Contributors that is your choice.
> It is not a requirement it is listed there - we just tend to do it
> for new and when modifying things.
>
> /max
>
http://about.me/maxandersen
>
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Thanks,
Daniel Dekany
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