racoon wrote: > On 13.07.2016 09:51, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >Yes, I am afraid if you want to continue to contribute to LyX we > >would like to have your full name on GPL statement. > > > >Generally we want to be on a safer side against any kind of copyright > >claims or trolling and accepting code from anonymous or obviously fake > >identities does not help with such position. > > Just out of curiosity, how do full names make this safer? Do you > also have people send in a copy of their passports?
This is not about technical matter but rather philosophical stance. I will more or less repeat Andre's words from long time ago when we were discussing anonymous contributions. Allowing them means that we explicitly state that we don't care where our code is coming from and whether its original work without copyright claim. I am not lawyer to decide whether the current "sign gpl by email" satisfies "reasonable steps taken by a person in order to satisfy a legal requirement" but accepting code from Procyon Lotor clearly doesn't ;) So by safer I mean different legal ground even if there might be no technical difference, because obviously I'm not going to ask to send me your passport or travel to San Diego to meet me in person and sign the paper work. Pavel
