Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: allow non-real name contributions
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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jul 10, 2025, 21:55 UTC
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On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM Ayush Chandekar <ayu.chandekar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I want to know how we deal with anonymous contributions. Let's suppose someone creates an internet persona claiming that foo bar is their real name or an alias. They make some contribution and then abandon this persona. So, isn't this effectively an anonymous contribution? >
I think this is an unrelated issue of whether or not we accept nicknames or names other than your "legal" name. It is always possible someone is lying, whether we do or don't change that policy.
The exact decision for any such given change is likely context dependent. If a change were made in bad faith and we discover it, then it would be matter of excising the change. If it were merely a change someone submitted in good faith and we can no longer contact them, it might make sense in cases to find a new owner or maintainer, unless we have strong reason to believe that we do not have a valid DCO, in which case it might also require removal.