Re: [gentoo-project] call for agenda items -- council meeting 2019-04-14

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Tue, 09 Apr 2019, Gokturk Yuksek wrote:

> I understand that but it creates problems with the consistent
> enforcement of the policy. There are no clear guidelines as to how we
> decide who requires identity validation and who doesn't. We don't even
> know who is tasked with making the request and performing the
> validation. If I work with a user and I am convinced that they provide
> their real name, is that sufficient for the foundation? Can I
> arbitrarily be suspicious of any user and demand them to provide their
> identity?

> [...]

> I can't help but agree with the point that we are losing real
> contributors and real community.

So, "real" contributors, but they don't have a real name?

> And people whom I talked to didn't oppose the Foundation's attempt to
> reduce legal liability. They were frustrated by the arbitrary
> enforcement and not having their opinions heard. The fact that people
> can get away with using a pseudonym as long as it reads like a normal
> person name (for which there is no definition) is something we have to
> address to the people who weren't as lucky with their choice of
> pseudonym and lost their ability to contribute.

Really, all these points had been raised before the copyright policy was
approved, and I am sure that both the Council and the Board have
considered them.

Also, what would be the alternative? Signed-off-by lines without a real
name would be meaningless, which basically means that we would accept
any contribution without being able to track its origin.

Ulrich