Re: [Fwd: hggdh2 deactivated by matthew.revell]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Cyrus Jones <daradib@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Martin Pool wrote:
>
> (I'm a Canonical employee but this is my personal opinion.)
>
> This team was previously much smaller, I believe, and treated as being
> under the kind of non-disclosure where you would normally want people
> signing under their real name. Now the beta is rather more open and
> more about opting in for new features, so perhaps it's time to
> reassess that policy.
>
> --
> Martin

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. And that is exactly what people like
Richard Stallman are against. As Scott K said, "This kind of

arbitrary, irrelevant requirement is quick typical in corporate
proprietary development efforts. I think the mistake people make
sometimes with Launchpad is to believe it's anything else." Either
Launchpad should revise this policy or it should not appear to be
"anything else" than proprietary software and proprietary-like
development. As Martin Pool said, the Launchbad testers has become
more open, but I believe that the use of pseudonyms which are specific
ideas should be acceptable. I see a lot of attempted clarification,
but no one has clarified whether the use of pseudonyms, specifically
when they establish an identity, are acceptable.

An example as I stated previously: someone uses a pseudonym (looks
like an ordinary name) throughout the Internet, web, and free software
projects. The "fake name" is mentioned everywhere that person is
involved or has made a contribution. The person's legal name is not
mentioned at all on the web, at least not in any public area. In this
sense, the pseudonym is more useful than the real name, and should be
perfectly acceptable. The pseudonym is more of a person's real name on
the Internet than that person's legal name. In fact, if such a case
exists, the use of the pseudonym should be recommended over the
person's legal name, which is irrelevant, unless one wants to get in
legal matters, which is not free software development.

Thanks for understanding.

Cyrus Jones

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