> While I do understand the reasons people want to hide with a pseudonym > on many forums (or social sites), I don't understand why someone want to > hide his identity when contributing to GCC (and therefore, after having > done the legal work of getting the legal papers signed...).
I don't either. Poeple have to be able to check that there's a corresponding assignment form signed when somebody submits a patch. If the person submitting the patch hides their name, that task becomes extremely difficult. As you say, this is not a social forum: there's no reason to be secretive here.
