all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it

This file was never truly necessary and has never actually been used in
the history of Tailscale's open source releases.

A Brief History of AUTHORS files
---

The AUTHORS file was a pattern developed at Google, originally for
Chromium, then adopted by Go and a bunch of other projects. The problem
was that Chromium originally had a copyright line only recognizing
Google as the copyright holder. Because Google (and most open source
projects) do not require copyright assignemnt for contributions, each
contributor maintains their copyright. Some large corporate contributors
then tried to add their own name to the copyright line in the LICENSE
file or in file headers. This quickly becomes unwieldy, and puts a
tremendous burden on anyone building on top of Chromium, since the
license requires that they keep all copyright lines intact.

The compromise was to create an AUTHORS file that would list all of the
copyright holders. The LICENSE file and source file headers would then
include that list by reference, listing the copyright holder as "The
Chromium Authors".

This also become cumbersome to simply keep the file up to date with a
high rate of new contributors. Plus it's not always obvious who the
copyright holder is. Sometimes it is the individual making the
contribution, but many times it may be their employer. There is no way
for the proejct maintainer to know.

Eventually, Google changed their policy to no longer recommend trying to
keep the AUTHORS file up to date proactively, and instead to only add to
it when requested: https://opensource.google/docs/releasing/authors.
They are also clear that:

> Adding contributors to the AUTHORS file is entirely within the
> project's discretion and has no implications for copyright ownership.

It was primarily added to appease a small number of large contributors
that insisted that they be recognized as copyright holders (which was
entirely their right to do). But it's not truly necessary, and not even
the most accurate way of identifying contributors and/or copyright
holders.

In practice, we've never added anyone to our AUTHORS file. It only lists
Tailscale, so it's not really serving any purpose. It also causes
confusion because Tailscalars put the "Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS" header
in other open source repos which don't actually have an AUTHORS file, so
it's ambiguous what that means.

Instead, we just acknowledge that the contributors to Tailscale (whoever
they are) are copyright holders for their individual contributions. We
also have the benefit of using the DCO (developercertificate.org) which
provides some additional certification of their right to make the
contribution.

The source file changes were purely mechanical with:

    git ls-files | xargs sed -i -e 's/\(Tailscale Inc &\) AUTHORS/\1 contributors/g'

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>

tstest/allocs.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/archtest/archtest_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package archtest

tstest/archtest/qemu_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build linux && amd64 && !race

tstest/chonktest/chonktest.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package chonktest contains a shared set of tests for the Chonk

tstest/chonktest/tailchonk_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package chonktest

tstest/clock.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/clock_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/deptest/deptest.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // The deptest package contains a shared implementation of negative

tstest/deptest/deptest_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package deptest

tstest/integration/capmap_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package integration

tstest/integration/gen_deps.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build ignore
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func generate(goos string) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	var out bytes.Buffer
-	out.WriteString(`// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+	out.WriteString(`// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Code generated by gen_deps.go; DO NOT EDIT.

tstest/integration/integration.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package integration contains Tailscale integration tests.

tstest/integration/integration_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package integration

tstest/integration/nat/nat_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package nat

tstest/integration/tailscaled_deps_test_darwin.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Code generated by gen_deps.go; DO NOT EDIT.

tstest/integration/tailscaled_deps_test_freebsd.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Code generated by gen_deps.go; DO NOT EDIT.

tstest/integration/tailscaled_deps_test_linux.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Code generated by gen_deps.go; DO NOT EDIT.

tstest/integration/tailscaled_deps_test_openbsd.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Code generated by gen_deps.go; DO NOT EDIT.

tstest/integration/tailscaled_deps_test_windows.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Code generated by gen_deps.go; DO NOT EDIT.

tstest/integration/testcontrol/testcontrol.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package testcontrol contains a minimal control plane server for testing purposes.

tstest/integration/vms/derive_bindhost_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vms

tstest/integration/vms/distros.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vms

tstest/integration/vms/distros_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vms

tstest/integration/vms/dns_tester.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build ignore

tstest/integration/vms/doc.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package vms does VM-based integration/functional tests by using

tstest/integration/vms/harness_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !windows && !plan9

tstest/integration/vms/nixos_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !windows && !plan9

tstest/integration/vms/top_level_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !windows && !plan9

tstest/integration/vms/udp_tester.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build ignore

tstest/integration/vms/vm_setup_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !windows && !plan9

tstest/integration/vms/vms_steps_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !windows && !plan9

tstest/integration/vms/vms_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !windows && !plan9

tstest/iosdeps/iosdeps.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package iosdeps is a just a list of the packages we import on iOS, to let us

tstest/iosdeps/iosdeps_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package iosdeps

tstest/jsdeps/jsdeps.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package jsdeps is a just a list of the packages we import in the

tstest/jsdeps/jsdeps_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package jsdeps

tstest/kernel_linux.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build linux

tstest/kernel_other.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build !linux

tstest/log.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/log_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/mts/mts.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build linux || darwin

tstest/natlab/firewall.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package natlab

tstest/natlab/nat.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package natlab

tstest/natlab/natlab.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package natlab lets us simulate different types of networks all

tstest/natlab/natlab_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package natlab

tstest/natlab/vnet/conf.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/natlab/vnet/conf_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/natlab/vnet/easyaf.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/natlab/vnet/nat.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/natlab/vnet/pcap.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/natlab/vnet/vip.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/natlab/vnet/vnet.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package vnet simulates a virtual Internet containing a set of networks with various

tstest/natlab/vnet/vnet_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package vnet

tstest/nettest/nettest.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package nettest contains additional test helpers related to network state

tstest/reflect.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/resource.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/resource_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/tailmac/Swift/Common/Config.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Foundation

tstest/tailmac/Swift/Common/Notifications.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Foundation

tstest/tailmac/Swift/Common/TailMacConfigHelper.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Foundation

tstest/tailmac/Swift/Host/AppDelegate.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Cocoa

tstest/tailmac/Swift/Host/HostCli.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Cocoa

tstest/tailmac/Swift/Host/VMController.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Cocoa

tstest/tailmac/Swift/TailMac/RestoreImage.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Foundation

tstest/tailmac/Swift/TailMac/TailMac.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Foundation

tstest/tailmac/Swift/TailMac/VMInstaller.swift

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 import Foundation

tstest/tkatest/tkatest.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // tkatest has functions for creating a mock control server that responds

tstest/tlstest/tlstest.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package tlstest contains code to help test Tailscale's TLS support without

tstest/tlstest/tlstest_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tlstest

tstest/tools/tools.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 //go:build tools

tstest/tstest.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package tstest provides utilities for use in unit tests.

tstest/tstest_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 package tstest

tstest/typewalk/typewalk.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 // Package typewalk provides utilities to walk Go types using reflection.