On Thursday 20 January 2005 7:49 pm, Jon Portnoy wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:42:58PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote: > > On Thursday 20 January 2005 7:37 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:28:42PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote: > > > > Actually, Gentoo is. The government doesn't insist on people signing > > > > exactly what their ID has printed. Christopher could sign Chris, you > > > > can omit/abbreviate names, etc... With common law, the government > > > > even admits it does not have the authority to tell you what your name > > > > it-- if it is your name (by definition of the word 'name'), they > > > > accept it. Gentoo deals specifically with copyrights. The US > > > > government doesn't require a name of any kind to be used for a > > > > copyright. I could write some random program without any comments or > > > > copyright information whatsoever, and it would still be legally > > > > copyrighted to me. > > > > > > No, they are not. If you bring government ID with a name on it that is > > > good enough. So if you get a passport/driving license with whichever > > > name you would like this week then that is good enough. > > > > > > So we are exactly as fussy. > > > > I think you missed the part about the US government not requiring an ID > > for copyrights. > > On a personal level and speaking as devrel lead, I really don't care > about real names for copyrights as much as I care about the fact that > someone who won't disclose their legal name is hiding something.
Even back when my legal documentation had the incorrect name on it (before I got it corrected), I was willing to, and did when asked, tell seemant (and whoever asked me, in fact) the name used on those documents. I don't have any issue with Gentoo wanting to know names at all, but requiring ID proof of names for someone who will be *volunteering* is quite different. One of the big things I don't like about Gentoo is that the management doesn't seem to recognize that developers volunteer. I do not think volunteers should be treated in the same way a paid employee would be. -- Luke-Jr Developer, Utopios http://utopios.org/ -- [email protected] mailing list
