On 12/07, webwarrior wrote: > It would be logical to make contribution to an open source project easy, > right? > Well, in bigger projects some burocracy is inevitable, but usually has some > valid reasons behind it. > > When I made some commits to Spec (while it was on github), it was as easy as > fork->commit->create pull request. > In Pharo, it's already more complicated: you have to register yourself in > SmalltalkHub, in fogbugz, in mailing lists. Slices system is also not very > intuitive. Then CI system spits out some completely unrelated errors. > > But OK, I understand that Pharo is unlike
Not every project lives in GitHub. For Ruby, Mozilla, Chromium, Python, PHP, ... you have to register to their bug tracker. After all, these projects predate both GitHub AND git. > Then people began asking me of my real name - which is already wierd - why > would they need it? The Pharo community is quite small and many people know each other personally (have met on Pharo Days, ESUG, are coworkers, ...). So working with someone who goes well out of his way to remain anonymous may be uncomfortable for some. Not to mention that such behavior may seem strange for OSS, but that's your call. > > And then someone suggested that I must sign license agreement (which is also > wierd - MIT license doesn't demand anything like that). The MIT may not demand something like that, however signing License Agreement is also not completely unheard of, see for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement#Users This includes names like Python, Apache, jQuery, Django, ... not exactly small fishes. > I looked at that agreeement. It requires you to provide name, address (???), > sgin it and send it via snail mail (WTF???). See above. Also note that copyright in many countries recognized pseudonyms as valid authors. (I am not familiar with French law, but I will assume it is harmonized across EU) Of course in case of a dispute you would need to be able to prove that you are the pseudonym (otherwise you yourself would loose the rights). So considering your position (revealing your real name would undermine all the work you've put into protecting it), going with a pseudonym if you are indeed willing to contribute may be the best course of action. > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/License-agreement-are-you-kidding-me-tp4865853.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- Peter
