On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because I like to read and write messages from/to a real person. > Not someone hiding behind a fake name. It gives me the impression there > is something to hide. It's a matter of politeness. Also, my spam > filters may discard messages that don't look like they come from a real > person. Ah, fair enough. Thanks for replying and clarifying your position. I talk with so many people online that I find it no longer concerns me that I don't know their exact, real name. You probably think of me as having a "fake" name, but Fuzzy is truly the name I go by. Perhaps it's a cultural difference, but I don't think of people not giving their real names as having anything significant to hide, nor as being any less polite, although some of them fit that mold. As for your spam filters, I assume they are configurable. Perhaps you get more messages a day than I, but using a learning spam filter seems to work well for me, even when people don't use a name that conforms to a certain format. > Note that I do not accept scripts, code and anything else that goes in > the Vim distribution from people without a real name for copyright > reasons. I should actually ask for written and signed permission for > redistribution, with disclaimers and perhaps a copy of an official ID, > but that's taking it too far. Got away with it until now. I think this point is far more important, although many projects have taken similar risks to what you mention. I contribute code anonymously to many projects, but I also contribute attributed code to others. I guess it's really dependent on the leader of the project (you) what risks you are willing to assume in accepting other's code. Once again, thank you for taking the time to respond to my query. Fuzzy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
