On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:47 AM, webwarrior <[email protected]> wrote:
> Considering that there are a couple of responses and the fact that you > guys are so easily offended, I will not answer everyone but just state > couple of theses. > > > 0. I will not reveal my real name, because I value privacy. Nickname is > sufficient for identification purposes. Any other information (real > name, address, etc.) is not needed for actually contributing code. Think > of principle of least privilege. > > 1. I could easily make up some human-looking name (Satoshi Nakamoto > anyone?), but will not do it out of principle (see #0). > > 2. Knowing contributor's "real" name would not guard you against any > possible malicious actions from him, because it can't be verified (see > #1). One can also make up address, and even signature, if needed, and I > bet no one would spot it. > > 3. I don't buy argument about requirements of some organizations. Linux > kernel is used in billions of devices and by countless organizations, > and I highly doubt that contributing to Linux requires anything like > singing an agreement or whatever. > You'd be surprised. > > 4. Even in paid services checking a checkbox is usually sufficient for > accepting any license/ToS. > 5. My intentions are mostly of pragmatic nature. To make things that I > use (and that can be useful to Pharo users) be in upstream. > > 6. I don't care whether you drink beer, your political views, or your > interpersonal relationships (however story with Benjamin shows that > perhaps everything's not as great as you paint it). These are all > irrelevant to Pharo development, from my point of view at least. > > 7. If you don't agree with my arguments and stick to your rules, go for > it. I'm in no position to tell you what's the right thing to do. I'll > just end this discussion and leave. > Farewell then. Phil > > ------------------------------ > View this message in context: Re: License agreement - are you kidding me? > <http://forum.world.st/License-agreement-are-you-kidding-me-tp4865853p4865912.html> > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive > <http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html> at > Nabble.com. >
