On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:44 AM, EuanM <[email protected]> wrote: > "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. > > Perhaps Pharo ought to do it's work under a legal system that is more > completely designed to handle issues of international commerce? >
Knowing that INRIA as a French organisation provided substantial support to kickstart Pharo, without which Pharo may not have happened, I fully understand why Pharo's is governed by French laws. The funder gets to make to rules. The situation may be different once the Pharo Consortium builds a substantial enough income stream to be self governing - but you would gave to be pretty confident to leave the backup of the family nest. > Or perhaps it should be a all-French affair. Non sequitur? cheers -ben
