Questions about real name policy

[Ben Bonacci]

Hi Ben,

I was interpreting a real name as a name that requires a first and last 
name (legally accurate or otherwise) compared to a pseudonym that is 
usually just a single name. Because the mailing list thread said there 
was no naming policy but the git hook requires a first and last name, 
that was the conflict I was bringing up.

However, I would make it more clear on a document of some kind that 
single name pseudonyms are permitted upon request.

Regards,

Ben

On 2/11/23 20:03, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 7:55 AM Ben Bonacci <ben at benbonacci.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi Josh,
>
>
> Hi Ben,
>
>
>     According to the mailing list archives from 2020 [1], "there is no
>     real
>     name policy on this mailing list (or any other KDE infrastructure.)"
>     However, according to the community wiki page last updated in October
>     2022 [2], there is a git hook for authorship that states "A name is
>     considered valid if it is a full name –  it should not be a
>     username or
>     the first name of the person."
>
>
> Those two statements don't conflict at all with each other, so not 
> sure what the issue is here.
>
> In that mailing list thread, "real name" should be interpreted as the 
> "legal name" that governments use when issuing identifying documents 
> such as a driver's license, passport, etc.
>
> Full name (or as I have been using in this thread "proper name") 
> simply means a name that has a first name and a family name (or 
> surname as it is called in other places).
> A pseudonym can certainly still be a full name, however it would not 
> be a real name.
>
>
>     Perhaps a formal vote or the equivalent policy for handling these
>     kinds
>     of questions should be held. Then, whatever the final verdict
>     would be,
>     can be documented in the Code of Conduct or a similar document to
>     make
>     the policy clear.
>
>
> That is not required, this area is relatively well settled.
>
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Ben
>
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
>
>
>     [1] https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kdepim-users/2020-June/013299.html
>
>     [2]
>     https://community.kde.org/Infrastructure/Git/Hooks#Authorship_metadata
>
>     On 1/11/23 12:40, Josh wrote:
>     > Hello KDE community,
>     >
>     > I'm not sure if this is the best ML to post it in, but anyway -
>     what is our
>     > current stance on a real name policy? We were recently asked
>     again in a Matrix
>     > channel and the consensus seems to be "we don't know?" From what
>     I can tell,
>     > you *must* use your real name or else our git commit hooks will
>     reject any
>     > pushes. From some precursory web searches, people say to work
>     around this by
>     > putting spaces in the git username field. So it's allowed, but
>     unofficially? The
>     > git commit hook doesn't mention this work around I think.
>     >
>     > I have gotten more than zero complaints/questions about this
>     policy, and I've
>     > only been here for a year. When tracking down something
>     "official", all I've
>     > found is a few mentions on the Community wiki. If we dismissed
>     the policy,
>     > then we should update those commit hooks. These contributors are
>     starting to
>     > make non-trivial commits to projects I care about, so it would
>     really great if
>     > we can accommodate them.
>     >
>     > Whatever decision we make, can we document this somewhere so I
>     can link people
>     > to it? Preferably on kde.org <http://kde.org>, where it it's
>     immutable and official looking like
>     > our code of conduct.
>     >
>     > (If the reason is "it's because of relicensing", I have a hard
>     time tracking
>     > down people even when I know their full names. I would prefer
>     better reasons
>     > than that, if possible 😆)
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Josh
>     >
>     >
>     -- 
>     Ben Bonacci
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