opendevstack / opendevstack/ods-provisioning-app
Remove copyright and author in java files?
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I noticed that many java files have a huge text at the beginning regarding Copyright and also an author annotation above the class name.
I want to raise and discuss the question if these copyright mantras are really necessary there, because if not I'd see them as a huge chunk of code noise.
Regarding the author annotation I share the opinion of https://www.vojtechruzicka.com/stop-using-javadoc-author-tag/#what-is-wrong-with-author and would remove them altogether. Any objections to this?
Describe the solution you'd like
Remove author annotations. Clearify if copyright text can also go away.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Leave it like it is.
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Research direction
Review the repository's Java files to inventory the author annotations and copyright headers, then check the project's contribution or licensing guidance for the required policy. The scope is complete only when the author annotations are consistently handled and a clear decision is recorded about whether the copyright text should remain; verify the project still builds afterward.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100