On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:28:42PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote: > On Thursday 20 January 2005 7:20 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:01:14PM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote: > > > > Then why do you care anyway? :) > > > > > > Because I don't like people telling me (or anyone else) what my/their > > > name is. > > > > Gentoo is no fussier than the government is. If its alright by them, > > its alright by us. > > Actually, Gentoo is. The government doesn't insist on people signing exactly > what their ID has printed. Christopher could sign Chris, you can > omit/abbreviate names, etc... With common law, the government even admits it > does not have the authority to tell you what your name it-- if it is your > name (by definition of the word 'name'), they accept it. > Gentoo deals specifically with copyrights. The US government doesn't require > a > name of any kind to be used for a copyright. I could write some random > program without any comments or copyright information whatsoever, and it > would still be legally copyrighted to me.
OK, that's great. Now go out and apply for a job and just put down 'Luke-Jr' as your name. Ever been pulled over or arrested? Tell the cop your name is just 'Luke-Jr' because you want it to be. This is a really ridiculous thread. I'm not sure why I'm participating aside from the entertainment value. -- Jon Portnoy avenj/irc.freenode.net -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
