On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Cyrus Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Martin Pool wrote: > > > > (I'm a Canonical employee but this is my personal opinion.) > > > > This team was previously much smaller, I believe, and treated as being > > under the kind of non-disclosure where you would normally want people > > signing under their real name. Now the beta is rather more open and > > more about opting in for new features, so perhaps it's time to > > reassess that policy. > > > > -- > > Martin > > I believe I understand. However, I believe a non-disclosure policy is > against the ethics of free software. NDA's are a major characteristic > of non-free/proprietary software. And that is exactly what people like > Richard Stallman are against. As Scott K said, "This kind of > arbitrary, irrelevant requirement is quick typical in corporate > proprietary development efforts. I think the mistake people make > sometimes with Launchpad is to believe it's anything else." Either > Launchpad should revise this policy or it should not appear to be > "anything else" than proprietary software and proprietary-like > development. As Martin Pool said, the Launchbad testers has become > more open, but I believe that the use of pseudonyms which are specific > ideas should be acceptable. I see a lot of attempted clarification, > but no one has clarified whether the use of pseudonyms, specifically > when they establish an identity, are acceptable. > > An example as I stated previously: someone uses a pseudonym (looks > like an ordinary name) throughout the Internet, web, and free software > projects. The "fake name" is mentioned everywhere that person is > involved or has made a contribution. The person's legal name is not > mentioned at all on the web, at least not in any public area. In this > sense, the pseudonym is more useful than the real name, and should be > perfectly acceptable. The pseudonym is more of a person's real name on > the Internet than that person's legal name. In fact, if such a case > exists, the use of the pseudonym should be recommended over the > person's legal name, which is irrelevant, unless one wants to get in > legal matters, which is not free software development. > > Thanks for understanding. > > Cyrus Jones > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHwy+Igmu+rEIQLtwRAnbgAJ0Q0IdtET9gByg5+3zb8Y7MI8TUOACgkrBu > DwjvRSaLiqODCfTdyIvKEoE= > =aT/u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > launchpad-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users > At what point has Launchpad not been a closed source comercial development product that Ubuntu uses for development along with other open source applications? I've always assumed it was....
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