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Asked: 2026-05-16T18:07:12+00:00

Usually many folks contribute to the an application development process (say a java /

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Usually many folks contribute to the an application development process (say a java / j2ee project). Sometimes a single person (say foo@bar.com) is responsible writing the code for a certain file or certain other folks might have changed the code.

Do you attribute author information on top of the file for any user who makes a modification like scenario 2 mentioned below or just the primary author as in scenario 1? Is there a specific order in which author information should be added on a change?

/**
 * @author Foo Bar, (foo@bar.com)
 *
 */

or

/**
 * @author Foo Bar, (foo@bar.com)
 * @author Foo Foo, (foo@foo.com)
 * @author Bar Bar, (bar@bar.com)
 *
 */
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  1. Editorial Team

    Personally I don’t think that authors should be listed in the code. There are several reasons for this:

    • No claims of “ownership”. The code is the responsibility of everybody.
    • The source repository can accurately answer any query about who has edited the code in question all the way back to day one (and hopefully even why). No need to maintain this manually.
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