On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM Jakub Zelenka <bu...@php.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > We just had some private discussions about the implication of contributing > under pseudonym. This is in general fine and we should not have problem with > it and we actually never verified the contributors so this is possibly > happening already.
I fully agree with these two points. > The only thing about it is that it might raise questions why the pseudonym is > used. This is quite likely completely fine and it might be just that the > author does not want to share their personal details. We should not be asking > those authors to provide their identity because it's their personal choice > and we should respect it. I fully agree here too. > That said we also need to think about the project and possible risk that this > can also bring. One of those is potentially hiding the identity because the > author does not have rights to contribute (e.g. their employer has that > right). Even though this unlikely, it's a problem that we should consider. > There is quite easy solution for such problem though - it's a Developer > Certificate of Origin. It's pretty easy to integrate and I put together a > quick PR to add it: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/18350 . I wonder where these new names come from for many things existing since long under clear, wide spread and understood names. In this specific case, and please correct me if that's not the reason for this initiative, it is called a Common License Agreement (CLA). Which we always opposed to have, and I still do, strongly :). best, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org
