From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7802E139337 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:50:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7E6FE0887; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:49:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout-p-202.mailbox.org (mout-p-202.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050::465:202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90E68E0887 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:49:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [80.241.60.240]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-384) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-202.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GZTQr5V4SzQjbh for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:49:40 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mailbox.org; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-language:content-type :content-type:in-reply-to:mime-version:date:date:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:references:received; s=mail20150812; t=1627465774; bh=abuh2ABHyW1927ixHTL4qqnZ2TA3uXSBssFP4RgC4Fs=; b= R51rOPIqEWSMSCH6Nl0ltwc6wuWoHUr3aAXQXkGTT6XQXH5n2i8IZnb/FzxevrmM 7i9Gv1WEM9kdehbBpz5H+OV4z8DrZbe4sgmNj+IeQWIxrlV3Li7MQlEljazOn6Hi n2+0MBFbyoYxQ7bRcfw52DuMOd27QJlwlUjfM75yamD/rVeZz3cyvbPQz3fGWYSd Xt/xVfq/u10JkBL4wXz9TdO+UTHPPTOWl+wHHnj1JF/xh+6HtyUDM1XZ5Xiah/Wl ftmdxoeG3buXSBqlmT+q9JKKqzS0IykLSmQ9fkAL7FKdg+p6blWjNUhAGxO4oyd8 JTyWyCOePY3RdkkAIoUn0g== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailbox.org; s=mail20150812; t=1627465778; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=rNRNl2612M8cXNK5S6QI5Zf07aCfiZwMQU6TwpaELrg=; b=B8qPqwNQShDWMjk8MiKZuX5lbJFAupsDC0WHu7hmKpqOL+xvXcmRb9ObKRvUEdmCcWT3Ez veD29Be5X7HZ+QLW19HOrXbgix7+Wp9PQ0eiKjEXxtNiD70L6EWmKfr6rmNMQoNaw2YJda hpCdR+Kaml5HnHARYOl4cYB8AmsVKztsy6+EpjXCWDpyoDir5cYkWjcJDUDCDxYp2aupIc spiXGwHgqltJEX+8O9SdiaI5OsEMmomyooa1fnnX6Ott/sq+6Fy1ydJ4Yg7fQlFmt6V732 bx24D9jRitOcY8BBvW4C5as1ck0OAQd9LXNJfbwptVKaVAI4RJeip9rTFFotyA== X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter06.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter06.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.125]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id fzL51EuCniUu for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:49:34 +0200 (CEST) To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: <20210728040717.31272-1-juippis@gentoo.org> <178DD728-6A34-4027-9E73-524022368909@gentoo.org> From: Emily Rowlands Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] [RFC] glep-0076: add clarification about the sign-off requirements Message-ID: <84f149de-7dcf-f61b-b0e3-7dc6a9ad49d4@mailbox.org> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:49:32 +0100 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <178DD728-6A34-4027-9E73-524022368909@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8ED0B1899 X-Rspamd-UID: 287312 X-Archives-Salt: eed1cf4c-1291-4586-ae9b-8e7e2700c1f6 X-Archives-Hash: 17ef0c4d04f25be53af8c365b1473c1b On 28/07/2021 05:29, Sam James wrote: >> 3. Recently we've had a couple of cases where our long-standing >> contributors, with ~300 commits in total, reveal they've been using >> pseudonyms. I'm sure there are many others. AFAIK all their commits >> should then be revoked, and possibly future contributions rejected >> due to trust issues? > > I don't think that's written down anywhere and part of the problem > is that at least in the UK, AFAIK, if it's a name you're legitimately using, > it's yours -- even if you weren't born with it, and so on. This is true, the requirement for changing your name in the UK is simply "write some magic legal words on a bit of paper and have a friend sign it". There is no central register of "legal names", aside from perhaps the list of people who have passports/driving licenses etc. More information can be found here: https://www.freedeedpoll.org.uk/free Emily