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 2A4A5138334 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF93DE0823; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:09:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pl1-f174.google.com (mail-pl1-f174.google.com [209.85.214.174]) (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 AAF74E0822 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:09:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pl1-f174.google.com with SMTP id c14so3164470plo.0 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:09:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WKh/g+kce0dubbXWMD/BdUA/+T7KbrWyLijrnh6J1tY=; b=feIWsNxaLjzUOwYPjgBL58L9q16jCNB5LmyEJcwrpfZPe7jAhgWYLU2zwb8qCSEc/C yAdu9/C64JvAQki+06cQ5681KKDC7Jkfl1wjBY41azvmVjN3iYh2pLda5m+/G6ieDdfM MHQ3Z/Hppu1tRO5aQVT1a6mupPkTsJMsdz6Rcv7y/dslGkxgGiqOVdH9Leyvsjjwtsn2 8aoAkRjT1iEXxAsSi7JqiTjqCAZJrx/YVQyrrdn9S1AvtgENiYraNNYFFQyYkFc2RfGX oZTSp+2b4YEFzuPycvjxQGqDCAEQnOyXN+hTfAYH6+Pg/S+KU1O2D9tYeHQiWgmQx16S UxPQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXeiXlv6IJLkRwB/bFMIQp0ZtuIsLN8J5I0m56pNwJ6Q2G8qZLC 0X8FsS8t8AMIuvG/hZuiZ4vUpVMfQ/5ksW54fFSyOerc X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz8pvUNtBiJb6tKFsh3wLucUHcFFFM8AAbEU1TQCXXpys4ydnxDM5Zz2PMxxe0Adt45Gco8iPcULAzbBMumTts= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:694a:: with SMTP id k10mr11087265plt.255.1561723780138; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:09:40 -0700 (PDT) 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 References: <20190615124220.fcf0c08b22481d5bc6c2dbe0@gentoo.org> <20190615124933.b2f20fde0b47509e6b54f989@gentoo.org> <20190625011818.73fb7c1948a0a3d124a0d9db@gentoo.org> <20190628144924.334336020d7a31deed0b6749@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20190628144924.334336020d7a31deed0b6749@gentoo.org> From: Rich Freeman Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:09:28 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Questions for Gentoo Council nominees: GLEP 76 To: gentoo-project Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: ed4b7f7c-9caa-4362-8294-329811296645 X-Archives-Hash: 144ed2571105cbb59e4a0a02f7c81408 On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 7:49 AM Andrew Savchenko wrote= : > > I never stated that the trustees will know better, I stated that > their knowledge of what we assume to be real names will be > sufficient and there is no need for all developers to know them. > This is because the trustees are responsible for legal issues of > Gentoo. > > With such approach we lose nothing, but gain something valuable: we > may and will accept more people and more contributions. IMO you lose a professional atmosphere. I think there is a difference in atmosphere when you have Andrew and Rich and Micha=C5=82 having a discussion, versus codebozo and leetcoder and trollmaster. (Just making up random handles - no correspondence implied.) I mean, which would you prefer to have on your linkedin network? Many FOSS projects require the use of real names, including Linux. --=20 Rich