[tracecompass-dev] Removing contributor list from copyright header

[Alexandre Montplaisir <alexmonthy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

As discussed in bug 435933 [1], it is no longer necessary to list 
individual contributors in the source files's copyright headers. Eclipse 
IP checks now use the git log to track contributions, so this list is 
now effectively useless. The same information is available with "git 
shortlog" and similar commands. It also increases patch noise and can 
cause unwanted merge conflicts.

CDT now recommends to not update this list anymore [2].

What do you say we drop the contributor lists altogether? Maybe not 
actively remove it from everywhere right now, but as we modify files we 
can take the opportunity to remove it, and new files could come with no 
list at all?

Cheers,
Alex


[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=435933
[2] http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/cdt-dev/msg29374.html