On 2015-02-12 21:29, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > In my opinion, exactly the same applies for someone you've met. I think > it's a lot easier to get a forged id than to establish a history of > valuable contributions.
Well, it depends. A forged passport[1], if one even knows where to get it, will cost you thousands of dollars or euros, and would furthermore constitute a serious criminal offense. I wouldn't call that easy. But I definitely agree that establishing *valuable* contributions --that is, not just mere packaging, but improving some part of Debian significantly -- is also not easy. Then again, in the latter case, I find it hard to believe that someone so dedicated to Debian would not at some point run into a fellow Debian Developer would cound verify the credentials, perhaps at DebConf or any other FOSS conference. Regards, Christian [1] A passport is the only form of identification some people were willing to accept from me. I myself have only accepted these save for a few exceptions, where I accepted a US driver's license but was otherwise certain of the person's identity. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
