Two GCC stories

Posted Jul 1, 2010 18:56 UTC (Thu) by wingo (guest, #26929)
Parent article: Two GCC stories

One might think from the article that pseudonymous contributions were not allowed in GNU; this is not the case. From http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html#Copyright-Papers:

If a contributor wants the FSF to publish only a pseudonym, that is ok. The contributor should say this, and state the desired pseudonym, when answering the request- form. The actual legal papers will use the real name, but the FSF will publish only the pseudonym. When using one of the other forms, fill in the real name but ask the contributor to discuss the use of a pseudonym with assign@gnu.org before sending back the signed form.

For me as a GNU maintainer, NightStrike's perspective makes me think s/he does not trust the FSF -- not the other way around.