In the movie industry, directors sometimes sign their as “Alan Smithee” to indicate they don’t recognize the movie as their own work.
This can happen for various reasons, one well known example is David Lynch for Dune (1984) who didn’t want his name associated with the movie since he didn’t have the final cut.

Is there an equivalent for the software industry to indicate one wants to distance themself from a commit or a project they don’t approve?

  • yoevli@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The closest thing I can think of is @author unascribed sometimes seen in Javadoc comments, but I don’t think that’s used in quite the same way as what you’re asking.