Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-20 Thread David Hendricks
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Alex G. wrote: > On 03/14/2018 11:39 PM, David Hendricks wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 12:26 PM, taii...@gmx.com >> mailto:taii...@gmx.com>> wrote: >> >> On 03/11/2018 09:42 PM, Tom Li via coreboot wrote: >> >> 2.

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-14 Thread David Hendricks
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 12:26 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 03/11/2018 09:42 PM, Tom Li via coreboot wrote: > > 2. Even if all developers are registered with their IDs >> > And you actually have to meet them in person for this due to photoshop > existing. > > I have always thought it hilarious

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-12 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 03/11/2018 09:42 PM, Tom Li via coreboot wrote: 2. Even if all developers are registered with their IDs And you actually have to meet them in person for this due to photoshop existing. I have always thought it hilarious when a company asks for a scan of a passport or identification card.

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-11 Thread Tom Li via coreboot
> A lot of people whos opinions I respect have commented on this and I > thank them for their time but that being said I still don't understand > how a "real" name policy helps avoid problems, it isn't as if the > coreboot leadership meets someone in real life and asks them to present > a passp

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-07 Thread Alberto Bursi
On 08/03/2018 01:05, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > A lot of people whos opinions I respect have commented on this and I > thank them for their time but that being said I still don't understand > how a "real" name policy helps avoid problems, it isn't as if the > coreboot leadership meets someone in

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-07 Thread taii...@gmx.com
A lot of people whos opinions I respect have commented on this and I thank them for their time but that being said I still don't understand how a "real" name policy helps avoid problems, it isn't as if the coreboot leadership meets someone in real life and asks them to present a passport which

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-06 Thread David Hendricks
On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:04 AM, wrote: > On 2018-03-05 17:50, David Hendricks wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM, taii...@gmx.com >> wrote: >> >> I can't understand as to why doing a git commit requires your "real" >>> name >>> >> >> SCO. >> >> Ref: https://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/23/10 >>

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-06 Thread mturney
On 2018-03-05 17:50, David Hendricks wrote: On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: I can't understand as to why doing a git commit requires your "real" name SCO. Ref: https://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/23/10 Wow, SCO, really? If anybody on list is interested, I gave a presentat

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-06 Thread awokd via coreboot
On Tue, March 6, 2018 9:22 am, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > Besides that, any project knowingly accepting code from an entity known > for questionable provenance of submitted code would itself become an easy > target for lawsuits. Sorry, bad idea then- will retract. -- coreboot mailing li

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-06 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 06.03.2018 09:13, awokd via coreboot wrote: > On Tue, March 6, 2018 1:58 am, Gregg Levine wrote: >> That's a great reason right there. Who knows how much they contributed >> to the state of the art, and did not properly sign it. But in the end while >> their world was collapsing around them, we

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-06 Thread awokd via coreboot
On Tue, March 6, 2018 1:58 am, Gregg Levine wrote: > Hello! > That's a great reason right there. Who knows how much they contributed > to the state of the art, and did not properly sign it. But in the end while > their world was collapsing around them, we knew who they were via Groklaw. > - >

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-05 Thread Gregg Levine
Hello! That's a great reason right there. Who knows how much they contributed to the state of the art, and did not properly sign it. But in the end while their world was collapsing around them, we knew who they were via Groklaw. - Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature fought the

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-05 Thread David Hendricks
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > I can't understand as to why doing a git commit requires your "real" name SCO. Ref: https://lkml.org/lkml/2004/5/23/10 -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

Re: [coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-05 Thread Timothy Pearson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 One of the main reasons for this kind of requirement is to ensure that the project stays in legal compliance, and that the provided code is in fact licenseable. Without a record of the real copyright holder of any given part of the codebase, it is far

[coreboot] Real name policy

2018-03-05 Thread taii...@gmx.com
I can't understand as to why doing a git commit requires your "real" name and while I could simply make something up I instead I wish to protest this policy and hear out a justification for it. This is a project with a main goal of improving security however having your name on the internet is