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>>>>> On Tue, 09 Apr 2019, Gokturk Yuksek wrote: |
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> Ulrich Mueller: |
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>> So, "real" contributors, but they don't have a real name? |
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> I think you're attributing malicious intent to using a pseudonym. |
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I haven't said that. |
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> There are various social and legal reasons as to why someone would use |
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> a pseudonym (that does not include infringing the copyright of an |
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> employer). I was making the argument that people who contribute under |
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> a pseudonym are just as "real" as the contributors who use their legal |
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> names. |
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That might well be, but the point is that we cannot verify it, which |
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means that the copyright status of such anonymous or pseudonymous |
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contributions is basically unknown. |
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> I'd like to (informally) propose the following, for which I'm willing |
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> to formulate as a GLEP proposal if there is interest: |
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> The Foundation has an established practice of storing the legal names |
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> of developers who join under a pseudonym. The infrastructure is |
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> already in place for this. I think that allowing these developers to |
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> commit using their pseudonyms as long as the Foundation is informed |
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> their real identity does not exacerbate the legal risks they already |
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> pose. The foundation may decide their arbitrary criteria on who is |
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> eligible for this type of protection, including requiring sound legal |
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> reasons for them to keep their identities hidden. I understand that |
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> the maintenance of this could be a burden for the Foundation in |
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> theory, but in practice I suspect this number is very low already. |
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That doesn't work, because there would be no way for a person outside of |
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the Foundation to verify such identities. |
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Again, all of this had been discussed before the policy was accepted. |
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Neither are real names a new thing introduced by GLEP 76, but they were |
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required for ebuild developers since 15 years by recruiters' policy [1]: |
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"Real names must be provided for all developers, including |
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infrastructure and documentation. Any exceptions to this for |
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extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis. |
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No exceptions will be made for people doing copyrightable work |
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(ebuilds, software, scripts, etc.)." |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/devrel/recruiters/index.xml?revision=1.15&view=markup#l71 |
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