On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 10:48:00PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Thu, December 22, 2005 20:01, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > >> Packages are ready, but vamps can not enter in Debian, because the > >> upstream author don't want to make public his real identity (now in > >> debian/copyright I've a "Vamps Admin <email>", but this solution does > >> not follow the Debian Policy.... > > > > If the author is really reachable via that e-mail, I'd think that it > > should be OK, but, unfortunately, I haven't read the sections of the Policy > > regarding legal issues and I am certainly outdated on these issues. > > > > (Right after I wrote the paragraph above, I went to read the Policy > > sections 2.3 and 12.5 and I don't quite see a problem regarding an upload > > of these programs under a pseudonym). > > I'm pretty convinced that the anonimity of the upstream author shouldn't > be an issue. We never check the identity of any upstream author, so any > name could be a pseudonym, and some definately will be, only this author > is open about it. We already have such software in the archive, such as > nmap. > > It's probably best to send this issue to the debian-legal though to get > some more advice. But in any case I wouldn't close the ITP because of this > reason right now. Indeed, nondisclosure of identity is one aspect of the "dissident test", and I would find it inconsistent if Debian specifically disallowed software written or modified by someone playing the part of a dissident.
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