"partially anonymous" The correct word is "pseudonimity".
In UK law, as long as there is no intent to defraud, you can call yourself anything you like. In UK, you can provide signatures digitally, completely legally. UK law is has a long tradition of sorting out legal issues between two-third party jurisdictions. Perhaops Pharo ought to do it's work under a legal system that is more completely designed to handle issues of international commerce? Or perhaps it should be a all-French affair. On 7 December 2015 at 20:26, Torsten Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi webwarrior (or whatever your name now is ;) > > There is always room for improvements - even for better guidance on how to > become > a contributor. There are good reasons to do things the way they are done now > - and > yes some of them are not optimal because of history or because of sparse time. > > Lamenting partially anonymous from the outside is neither useful nor polite. > Working as a real member/part of the community on the other side can help us > all to move > forward step by step with a better open source project. > > If you or any other is really interested in moving with us the registration or > signature for sure will not be the show stopper. > >>Either we skip this stupid formality and continue working on the code, or >>I'm out of this. > > As Stef explained this was not done to bug people or keep them away. > We know that it might be cumbersome at first sight - but hey, many people > mastered this > easily. I guess we even have people who do not drink beer but wine instead :) > > You can decide on your own how to proceed. Turn away or return. I guess there > is only > one big hurdle and this one is on your side ;) > > As you see friendly people continue to invest their time answering your mails > although you > as the author not even have the time (or will) to reveal your name. IMHO if > someone > wants to participate in an open source project he has to be "open" on its own > side first. > > It's up to you... > > Thanks > T. > > >
