On 5/24/19 4:22 PM, Max Mehl wrote: > Let me give a concrete example. The following header from one of the > first patches sent around here: [snip] This is a very simple example that most existing tools will pick up just fine so as Greg already said: what problem will this solve? I would be more concerned about how many existing tools would *break* with this new syntax. > > > The usage of (C) or any other copyright symbols would probably be up to > personal style or legal requirements. Legal requirements? As far as I know there is no need to explicitly declare copyright to have copyright protection in the relevant jurisdictions. > All this tag intends to achieve is > to make automatic tooling more robust. Do you have examples of where this approach would perform better than existing tools? Those would be much more convincing. If not it would be a waste of time and energy IMO. armijn -- Armijn Hemel, MSc Tjaldur Software Governance Solutions
