Don't attribute in file headers anymore. See llvmdev for the
discussion of this change.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@45409 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
index 883509b..18c1ff3 100644
--- a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
+++ b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
@@ -417,28 +417,12 @@
<div class="doc_text">
<p>We believe in correct attribution of contributions to
their contributors. However, we do not want the source code to be littered
- with random attributions (this is noisy/distracting and revision control
- keeps a perfect history of this anyway). As such, we follow these rules:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>Developers who originate new files in LLVM should place their name at
- the top of the file per the
- <a href="CodingStandards.html#scf_commenting">Coding Standards</a>.</li>
- <li>There should be only one name at the top of the file and it should be
- the person who created the file.</li>
- <li>Placing your name in the file does not imply <a
- href="#clp">copyright</a>: it is only used to attribute the file to
- its original author.</li>
- <li>Developers should be aware that after some time has passed, the name at
- the top of a file may become meaningless as maintenance/ownership of files
- changes. Despite this, once set, the attribution of a file never changes.
- Revision control keeps an accurate history of contributions.</li>
- <li>Developers should maintain their entry in the
- <a href="http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/CREDITS.TXT">CREDITS.txt</a>
- file to summarize their contributions.</li>
- <li>Commit comments should contain correct attribution of the person who
- submitted the patch if that person is not the committer (i.e. when a
- developer with commit privileges commits a patch for someone else).</li>
- </ol>
+ with random attributions "this code written by J Random Guy" (this is noisy
+ and distracting. In practice, the revision control system keeps a perfect
+ history of who change what, and the CREDITS.txt file describes higher-level
+ contributions.</p>
+
+ <p>Overall, please do not add contributor names to the source base.</p>
</div>