On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Vid Ayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/25/08, Martin Pool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Perhaps my choice of term was inaccurate, but there are certainly > > similar things in open source projects. Debian requires verification > > of a real name by physically sighting government-issued ID. > > .... but this situation is very different and cant fully be compared > with Debian mainly because it is completely *free* and LP is not. > Secondly in Debian they are strict with names because of commit access > which I gather is not the case with LP beta testing. A DD will not > sign your key unless he/she has met you *and* verified your > identification. Fwiw, the DPL has signed my key but the real name > policy while being an overkill also takes away *my* freedom and that > is not very friendly and somewhat goes against the Ubuntu philosophy > too. I wonder how the "real name" policy works out for people who present themselves as their gender, but not as their legal biological sex? The person's government-issued ID may say her name is Steve Jones, but to everyone else, she's Katie Jones. -- Mackenzie Morgan Linux User #432169 ACM Member #3445683 http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff apt-get moo
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