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On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:48:06 -0400 Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:28:15PM +0300, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:11:50 +0200 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I support the idea of Gentoo being more inclusive. |
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> > > Can we please keep irrelevant buzzwords out? |
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> > There is nothing irrelevant here. Gentoo is kicking people who |
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> > want to contribute because doesn't want to respect their privacy |
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> > because of some imaginary problems which were never appeared or |
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> > tested in real life. This makes Gentoo exclusive to those who want |
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> > their authorship to be public. |
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> > |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > Andrew Savchenko |
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> Andrew, it is not imaginary. Playing the emotional game doesn't help |
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> either. I am fairly certain all of those who had to make this decision |
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> have expressed their willingness to change it should it be supported |
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> legally. It simply is not. |
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If it is not imaginary please provide a court case against Gentoo |
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or other free software distribution on this matter and some |
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evidence that proposed signed-off real name attribution played a |
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measurable effect. |
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As far as I can see this whole story is pure speculation of: |
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1) what may happen |
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2) what will help if 1) is to happen. |
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So far I saw zero practical evidence on both points. |
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> If you believe it is supported legally then please provide such |
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> evidence. This decision was not arrived at lightly and I am confident |
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> enough to state that on behalf of both bodies involved. |
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I see no evidence that we have a mandatory legal requirement to put |
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real names under commit attributions in the first place. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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