Re: [gentoo-project] RFC: GLEP-76 copyright update, established pseudonyms and recruitment

[Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>]

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>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jul 2023, Joonas Niilola wrote:

> another GLEP-76 copyright related topic. To my knowledge not using a
> real name was never a blocker from becoming a Gentoo developer, but with
> the previous version of GLEP-76 it did prevent from committing to any
> infra-hosted platform which then again made the developer status a bit
> useless. Now with the relaxed GLEP it's possible to commit using
> established pseudonyms. Therefore I'm asking what does the broader
> community feel about recruiting individuals using pseudonyms?

> I'm just gauging community feedback whether this should be made into
> official policy, one way or another. What points are there for, and against?

While GLEP 76 allows other contributors to use pseudonyms, it is not a
contradiction if we hold developers to a higher standard.

Apart from committing to our repositories, developers also can vote
for project leads and for the council. Although we normally assume good
faith, we should at least have the theoretical possibility to verify
that a voter is a natural person (and that there are no votes by
multiple pseudonyms of the same person).

Ulrich

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