"Francesco Poli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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As I already said, I'm not so convinced that a pseudonym "identifies" a
person. In fact, it does (almost) the opposite, I would say.
It builds a 'fake' identity, but hides the real identity of its owner.
IMHO, it's not so clear that a pseudonym would be perfectly
acceptable...
On the other hand, if virtually everyhting a certain person does is done
under that pseudonym, then argumably the pseudonym would identify said
person better than the persons real name.
Take Linus, for example, had he published Linux under a pseudonym then that
psuedonym
may likely be better for identifying him then his real name.
It is very hard to draw the line. How does a legal name identify somebody
better than a psdeuonym?
For example I'm writting this under the name 'Joe Smith'. Should I reference
that name you would know iI'm talking about myself. Should I reference my
legal name, you would not be able to identify this message, or my other
messages with me.
It is really a fine line, although I will admit that a pseudonym used only
once really is worthless for identifying somebody.
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