Unfortunately you're not the first developer run off by this petty power ploy. I certainly hate to see it but there is little I can do as a user other than express my displeasure.
If I were still writing software I'd be in your camp. Even though I use my real name in places like this I don't think I'd want it plastered all over the net in software. The obvious solution, the one I suggested to BlueChip is to make up a name and use that. The "leaders" have no way of knowing if the name you give is actually yours or not. I don't normally go for deception but in this case since the goal is noble and there is no harm to be done, do it. John On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 14:58:23 -0000, "gl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >After Linus was about to commit one of my patches, it turns out the project >leaders are not willing to accept contributions under a pseudonym. This may >be normal in the GPL world, but for someone from the Windows / BSD license >world, this seems utterly bizarre. An open-source project should be about >contributions, and be as accomodating as possible to the people it asking to >contribute their time and effort to. I have no problems following technical >guidelines - but I'm not about to compromise my personal choices for a >project that requires quality contributions to survive. > >So, as the decision is apparently final I'm signing off. I guess my various >patches and WPS will either remain private, or will be released >independently at some point. Although if they're not going to get to CVS, I >don't really see the point. > >I think you guys should debate whether this really is the best way to go... --- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.johngsbbq.com Cleveland, Occupied TN A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
