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On 28/07/2021 05:29, Sam James wrote: |
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>> 3. Recently we've had a couple of cases where our long-standing |
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>> contributors, with ~300 commits in total, reveal they've been using |
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>> pseudonyms. I'm sure there are many others. AFAIK all their commits |
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>> should then be revoked, and possibly future contributions rejected |
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>> due to trust issues? |
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> I don't think that's written down anywhere and part of the problem |
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> is that at least in the UK, AFAIK, if it's a name you're legitimately using, |
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> it's yours -- even if you weren't born with it, and so on. |
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This is true, the requirement for changing your name in the UK is simply |
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"write some magic legal words on a bit of paper and have a friend sign |
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it". There is no central register of "legal names", aside from perhaps |
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the list of people who have passports/driving licenses etc. More |
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information can be found here: https://www.freedeedpoll.org.uk/free |
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Emily |
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