Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:12:15 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors contrib.additional.sgml Message-ID: <20090602211215.GB8762@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <4A2590E8.50902@FreeBSD.org> References: <200906021154.n52BsOj2024305@repoman.freebsd.org> <4A2515B1.5030107@FreeBSD.org> <873aaisg7x.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20090602203111.GA8762@gothic.blackend.org> <4A2590E8.50902@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:51:52PM +0200, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > > > Well, we cannot force people to give their "real" name if they don't > > want to. Everyone is free to choose and everyone can have his own > > reasons. Refusing to give credits or to add someone to the contributors > > list cause he prefers to not give his real name will not give a positive > > image of the project. > > On the other hand, what are we calling a "real name"? Something that > > looks like a "person name"? It can be a fake... > > > I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough, of course, I didn't mean to force > anybody to do anything, I would just explain that it is a virtue and > that we would prefer if contributors gave us their real names. And of > course, I wouldn't remove any of those who don't want to do so or just > don't reply, just the bouncing entries. > [...] Thanks for the clarification, I now totally agree with your proposition. -- Marc
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