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2026-03-27Add 'fish' to the list of scalesSam Fleming1-0/+1
This will become a new "second word" option in the tailnet naming scheme. Signed-off-by: Sam Fleming <91982544+SamPlaysKeys@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-01-23all: remove AUTHORS file and references to itWill Norris2-2/+2
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>
2025-12-16words: 33 tails and 26 scales (#18213)stratself2-1/+50
Updates #words Signed-off-by: stratself <126093083+stratself@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-10-29words: remove a fish (#17704)Erisa A1-1/+0
Some combinations are problematic in non-fish contexts. Updates #words Signed-off-by: Erisa A <erisa@tailscale.com>
2025-09-17words: add some more (#17177)Elliot Blackburn2-0/+18
Updates #words Signed-off-by: Elliot Blackburn <elliot@sunbeam.cx>
2025-08-29words: just an ordinary commit, nothing fishy at all (#16982)Naman Sood1-0/+42
* words: just an ordinary commit, nothing fishy at all Updates #words Signed-off-by: Naman Sood <mail@nsood.in>
2025-04-08words: C what I did there?Brad Fitzpatrick2-0/+4
Updates #words Change-Id: Id025ea5d1856d2ba13fda7549673c7c1712d7213 Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2025-03-11words: append to the tail of the wordlists (#15278)Naman Sood2-0/+67
Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Naman Sood <mail@nsood.in>
2024-11-13words: Add scoville to scales.txt (#14084)Walter Poupore1-0/+1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale Updates #words Signed-off-by: Walter Poupore <walterp@tailscale.com>
2024-11-13words: scale up our word count (#14082)Naman Sood1-0/+6
Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Naman Sood <mail@nsood.in>
2024-11-13words: add a scaleBrad Fitzpatrick1-0/+1
https://portsmouthbrewery.com/shilling-scale/ Any scale that includes "wee heavy" is a scale worth including. Updates #words Change-Id: I85fd7a64cf22e14f686f1093a220cb59c43e46ba Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2024-08-05words: raccoon dog, dog with the raccoon in 'imKot C1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Kot C <kot@yukata.dev>
2024-07-29words: add some associated with scalesBrad Fitzpatrick1-0/+2
Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Change-Id: Ica7f179bd368d3c15f58fb236d377881cd80efcf Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2024-05-13words: add some fruit with scales (#8460)Parker Higgins1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Parker Higgins <parker@tailscale.com>
2024-05-10words: I had a feline we were missing some words (#12098)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+61
pspspsps Updates #tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2024-02-07words: add a list of things you should yahoo!James Tucker1-0/+18
Updates #self Signed-off-by: James Tucker <james@tailscale.com>
2024-01-26words: i like the direction this list is takingCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+1
Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-12-12words: some stellar additionsCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+65
Don't get too starry-eyed reviewing these. Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-11-22words: crikey! what a beauty of a listCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+33
If I have to add a tail, or a scale, mate, I will add it. Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-10-11words: flappy birds, but real lifeCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+5
These birds have been visually identified as having tails. Science prevails. Updates tailscale/corp#9599 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-10-11words: Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na (#9753)James 'zofrex' Sanderson1-0/+1
So gnarly! Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: James Sanderson <jsanderson@tailscale.com>
2023-09-29words: i can't help but rave about these additionsCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+3
It's no conspiracy that I love learning about new words. Updates tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-09-29words: gonna take some time to add the words we never hadCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+18
(ooh, ooh) Updates #tailscale/corp#14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-09-14words: holy mole we need some more mammalsCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+10
Particularly of the polydactyl kind. Updates #14698 Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-07-06words: ack Miles Prower (#8479)Claire Wang1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Claire Wang <claire@tailscale.com>
2023-06-24words: ovuliferous was a bit too much, but...Brad Fitzpatrick1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2023-06-11words: here comes troubleCharlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-1/+2
If you start hearing everything in auto-tune for the rest of the day, I take no responsibility for it. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-06-04words: remove misspelling of trexDJRHails1-1/+0
Signed-off-by: DJRHails <hello@hails.info>
2023-05-19words: shell-ebrating crustacean chaosJames Tucker1-0/+3
Hey team! I've been diving deep into the code ocean for the past few hours, tackling those sneaky race conditions that were threatening our database. It was quite the crabby situation, but fear not! It's friday and I've emerged and I'm ready to shell-ebrate with some punny word additions. 🎉 This commit introduces a shell-shocking array of crustaceans to our word list. From the lively lobsters to the clever prawns. Signed-off-by: James Tucker <james@tailscale.com>
2023-04-27words: charlotte 1 spell-checking-linter 0 (#7993)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-1/+0
Can't have a dupe when the dupe is wrong. Clearly we need to up our spell checking game. Did anyone say AI? Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-03-21words: what?! a llama?! he's supposed to be dead! (#7623)Sam Linville1-0/+1
pull the lever, kronk Signed-off-by: Sam Linville <samlinville@protonmail.com>
2023-03-06words: add word we forgotBrad Fitzpatrick2-0/+2
I explained this tails/scales list to my 5yo and he looked at me like it was the most obvious idea ever. Of course we'd make such lists at work! What else do grown-ups do all day? And then he wouldn't stop talking about coelacanths and I had no clue what he was saying or how to spell it until I asked my phone and the phone apparently understood me and I realized it was a fish and he was helping me? I think? Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
2023-02-26words: just words, nothing but words (#7384)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+222
nothing in relation to fish at all. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-02-24words: grasping at straws... wait, do straws have tails? (#7376)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+75
One might argue they have two, but until that hypothesis can be proven these tails and scales will have to do! Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2023-01-27all: update copyright and license headersWill Norris2-6/+4
This updates all source files to use a new standard header for copyright and license declaration. Notably, copyright no longer includes a date, and we now use the standard SPDX-License-Identifier header. This commit was done almost entirely mechanically with perl, and then some minimal manual fixes. Updates #6865 Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2022-11-24words: hybrid theory (#6404)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+24
The animal, not the car kind. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-11-21words: add some cloven-hoofed ruminants (#6393)Luke Rewega1-0/+7
The Bovini tribe is sorely underrepresented. Signed-off-by: Luke Rewega <lrewega@c32.ca>
2022-11-20words: no explanation necessary (#6413)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+1
Scales do not exist without a banana. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-11-19words: good vibes only (#6412)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+2
After consultation with Tom, it has been agreed that a vibe, or vibes, can be felt in different quantifiable measures. That makes a vibe, or vibes, a scale thus it must be immortalized. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-11-19words: where do penguins go when they lose their tail? (#6403)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+31
To the retail store. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-11-19words: this list is really sheeping up to be something (#6399)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+30
Ewe wouldn't have thought it was started as a joke. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-11-19words: you goatta be kid'in me (#6397)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+14
My puns are so baaaaaaad Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-11-19words: add "coyote" to the wordlist for tailnet names (#6396)mel1-0/+1
Signed-off-by: yotes <yotes@fastmail.com>
2022-11-16words: help mercat get her sparkle backWill Norris2-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2022-10-22words: even the odds with something that reminds you of vacation (#6025)Pontus Leitzler1-0/+1
The cute little salak belongs there. It also evens the odds if tails start a mutiny against scales. Even though they outnumber scales, they should still know their place. Behind. Signed-off-by: Pontus Leitzler <leitzler@gmail.com>
2022-10-20words: for charlotte, by charlotte (#6002)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+2
What's better than getting a community request? A community request from another Charlotte! Bun and hops! Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-10-20words: beaver, the cutest of them all (#6001)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn1-0/+1
Beavers have scales, on their tails. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-10-19words: double double tails and trouble, scales aflame and puns abubble (#5992)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+42
Months upon months I ponder about this, Adding new words onto our little lists. Given our integrity I should not have missed, Including the creatures from folklore and myth. Carefully curated, many of them hiss, Don't forget about the ones hiding in the abyss. Now they are added, I cannot resist, Searching for more words for me to enlist. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-10-15words: space, the final frontier (#5952)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-3/+20
Captains log. Stardate 100386.37. Work is proceeding on the Words list as Tailscalars are forced to scavenge for more taily and scaley things. Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
2022-08-31words: this title should have been a pun, but I chickened out (#5506)Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn2-0/+10
Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com> Signed-off-by: Charlotte Brandhorst-Satzkorn <charlotte@tailscale.com>
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