On 2/25/08, Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:.... but this situation is very different and cant fully be compared
> > 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.
>
> Perhaps my choice of term was inaccurate, but there are certainly
> similar things in open source projects. Debian requires verification
> of a real name by physically sighting government-issued ID.
with Debian mainly because it is completely *free* and LP is not.
Secondly in Debian they are strict with names because of commit access
which I gather is not the case with LP beta testing. A DD will not
sign your key unless he/she has met you *and* verified your
identification. Fwiw, the DPL has signed my key but the real name
policy while being an overkill also takes away *my* freedom and that
is not very friendly and somewhat goes against the Ubuntu philosophy
too.
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