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 B43ED138334 for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77C27E08F5; Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:49:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (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 4701CE08AB for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:49:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.82] (99-82-244-17.lightspeed.livnmi.sbcglobal.net [99.82.244.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: creffett) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3ABEA335D4A for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2019 22:49:14 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] call for agenda items -- council meeting 2019-04-14 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: <20190401032055.GA9497@linux1.home> <4bbfc34f-335f-5521-310a-b66ffd0d9a9a@gentoo.org> <5e30d658-80c8-b608-1505-dc08db3625bf@gentoo.org> <20190403174315.32615d3b9574571e3ed4a399@gentoo.org> <80ed2e482e96c96555bf4fd9331731c4c9ad0d7f.camel@gentoo.org> <232747ba-063c-821f-a66d-5f106ed2aa82@gentoo.org> <465cf0eb-3323-d71f-e6a7-862f0940f54b@iee.org> From: Chris Reffett Message-ID: <9b6b02c8-bc96-6e5d-d99a-56e9290479b0@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 18:49:11 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 190409-8, 04/09/2019), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: 03217867-3a37-40d9-a735-9bf61e896aa7 X-Archives-Hash: e4472b23603dc3be3742f66a48547373 On 4/9/2019 6:10 PM, Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > On 4/10/19 12:05 AM, Michael Everitt wrote: >> Not all cases are simply ones where a person does not wish to use their >> full given name, there are perfectly decent arguments for using a pseudonym >> when there could be mild or severe ramifications if their true identity was >> in the public domain. I'm thinking as obvious examples of those involved in >> security/penetration work, where it may be required, and not simply >> desirable to keep ones primary identity confidential. Are we really so >> draconian to eliminate these (often very well-skilled individuals) for >> making a specialist contribution to Gentoo Linux?! > > The ultimate goal is to ensure that contributions are actually by the > ones holding a valid copyright, or the contribution being of a license > that is allowed under a license from the copyright holder. As mentioned > in the link in prior post, GPL itself doesn't explicitly exclude the > warranty of non-infridgement under UCC which can have severe legal > consequences if a third party relies on the contribution, and as such > puts Gentoo in a legal liability if we can't reasonably explain such > contributions. As long as the copyright is valid and we can document it, > it is fine, but as soon as things gets murky... > (Picking one thread to reply to, but this applies to the discussion as a whole) Instead of arguing endlessly about the topic of pseudonyms as a bunch of non-experts, why don't we look into having the Foundation pay an intellectual property attorney for an opinion on the matter of pseudonymous copyright? That would at least get us a somewhat informed opinion on the matter. -creffett --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus