On 1/16/06, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Fulton wrote: > > In general though, for adults, truthfulness and non-anonymity *do* > > matter. At least they matter to me, a *lot*. I don't think members > > of the PSF should be allowed to hide their identity and certainly, > > it should not be acceptable to contribute to Python under a false name.
Agreed. Also, I find it difficult to exchange emails with someone who is known by an alias only. > In principle I think you are correct. > > In practice it's difficult to see how to nsure this without insistence > on some digital certificate from an acceptable CA - by which I mean one > that actually checks a driving license or passport before asserting a > user's identity. Both CACert and Thawte have web-of-trust-like schemes > to support this. > > In the meantine what do we do? Ask for a signed statement that > contributors are contributing under their own identities? I think that's unnecessary, and not any more effective than what we already do -- ask for a signed contributor form. Someone who signs that form "Tim Peters" won't be stopped by a clause asking them to use their real name, *really*. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
