Assaf, so we can move beyond vague generalities of pros and cons, can you please say something about the benefits you see in publishing such a database? I.e., what you hope the result will be?
Also, can you clarify whether you intend that the database would contain the public personal information (i.e., anyone could do a query like "show me everything public that karl has ever done"), or only aggregate information ("how many commits to project xyz")? I am not (yet :) trying to imply any opinion by these questions, just asking for information. Thanks, K