Stefan Salewski wrote: > > I read that mail to its end. (Indeed I read not much other mails of you > -- one reason is that I like to know the full name of people when > reading their posts) >
Not to start a flame of any sort, but just to let you know the POV of the other side. Potential employers now regularly troll facebook, myspace, linkedin, twitter, blogs, etc when researching prospective employees. None of which I belong to, btw. Engineering/IT houses are also starting to include mailinglists, forums, etc. Even current employers have taken to monitoring what current employees are doing on their own time sans employer name (blogs, etc). It's my opinion that what I do in my off time, FOSS or otherwise, public or private, is _my_ damn business. As such, not including my last name gives me plausible deniability. The opposite also hold true, I don't use corporate email for FOSS work, and I don't mention employers, customers, vendors or contractors when interacting with FOSS communities. This is out of respect for the privacy of those entities. I'm not their PR person, good, bad, or otherwise. I respect your opinion, and even agree with it. Too many people remove their last name and think that gives them license to troll, flame, etc. But that doesn't mean that's what every "name obfuscator" is up to. Ok, I'm done. Thanks for reading my rant. :-) Jason. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user