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.
Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:50 PM, David Hendricks david.hendricks@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Taiidan@gmx.com Taiidan@gmx.com wrote:
I can't understand as to why doing a git commit requires your "real" name
SCO.
Could some type of asset-less legal entity be set up (cheaply, anonymously) somewhere in the world to accept anonymous code donations and commit them on behalf of their submitter? Would shield open source projects from frivolous lawsuits and protect contributors' privacy. Apologies if this has already all been discussed thoroughly somewhere else...
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 knew who they were via Groklaw.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 8:50 PM, David Hendricks david.hendricks@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Taiidan@gmx.com Taiidan@gmx.com wrote:
I can't understand as to why doing a git commit requires your "real" name
SCO.
Could some type of asset-less legal entity be set up (cheaply, anonymously) somewhere in the world to accept anonymous code donations and commit them on behalf of their submitter? Would shield open source projects from frivolous lawsuits and protect contributors' privacy. Apologies if this has already all been discussed thoroughly somewhere else...
You're suggesting to set up a corporation. Your model would be almost the code equivalent to a patent troll, a non-practicing entity set up for lawsuit purposes.
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.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
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.
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awokd -
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger