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

[Alice Ferrazzi]

The 04/10/2019 07:59, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 09 Apr 2019, Gokturk Yuksek wrote:
>
> > I'd like to (informally) propose the following, for which I'm willing
> > to formulate as a GLEP proposal if there is interest:
>
> > The Foundation has an established practice of storing the legal names
> > of developers who join under a pseudonym. The infrastructure is
> > already in place for this. I think that allowing these developers to
> > commit using their pseudonyms as long as the Foundation is informed
> > their real identity does not exacerbate the legal risks they already
> > pose. The foundation may decide their arbitrary criteria on who is
> > eligible for this type of protection, including requiring sound legal
> > reasons for them to keep their identities hidden. I understand that
> > the maintenance of this could be a burden for the Foundation in
> > theory, but in practice I suspect this number is very low already.
>
> That doesn't work, because there would be no way for a person outside of
> the Foundation to verify such identities.
>
There is no way also for foundation to check all sign-off are assigned
to real legal names.

> To clarify, I won't be opposed against making a specific exception and
> "grandfathering" any devs who had commit access before the cut-off date
> when GLEP 76 was implemented.
>

I propose foundation to vote for add the use of pseudonym in the GLEP 76.
For keeping Gentoo a confortable and inclusive place.

> However, going forward, we shouldn't allow any further exceptions from
> the real name policy.
>

who said that we cannot allow any further excepions from the real name
policy?

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Thanks,
Alice Ferrazzi

Gentoo Kernel Project Leader
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