NightStrike <nightstr...@gmail.com> writes: > It would have been courteous for you -- or Frederic, or anyone else -- > to have communicated that to me instead of just ignoring me.
Yes. I was not part of the conversation stream. I apologize on behalf of Frank (not Frederic). He should have replied. >> Giving somebody a shell account on gcc.gnu.org means >> giving them a very high level of trust. > > Then you should consider using legitimate account creation policies. > If I just put "John Smith" in the sign up form, I would have gotten an > account. How does that change anything? Again, welcome to 2010. We normally only grant source code access to people who have signed a copyright assignment with the FSF. So for those cases we simply rely on the FSF to perform some sort of verification. You would have been an unusual, perhaps unique, case: a shell account for somebody who has not signed an FSF copyright assignment. > What you guys need to realize is that if I did just make something up, > there wouldn't be an issue. Your policies are vintage computer > security circa 1963. That's what's so darn frustrating about this > whole entire thing. You don't have any actual security, but yet you > think I'm going to try to bring down everything GNU. That's just > awesome. We don't have nearly enough security, but I think that we have more than you are suggesting. > Recently there was a thread about why people don't contribute to GCC. > Well, here you go. I tried. Twice in quick succession. I was flamed > vigorously, much more off-list than on. I've been getting personal > emails from people angry about my pseudonym since the day I started > posting on your mailing lists. I was lambasted by countless people, > ignored by the ones that matter, and eventually shut out because of a > security policy that has no place in present day computing. > Wonderful. Way to make someone feel welcome. > > Why don't people contribute to GCC? I've found my answer. Yes. I was personally very disappointed by the way that people attacked you for trying to help. That said, I respect your right to choose to use a pseudonym, but I think our requirement of dealing with real people is a reasonable one. The free software community works on a web of trust and personal relationships. If you prefer to remain pseudonymous, then you must accept that you will not be at the center of that web. Ian
