On Thu, 4 Jun 2026 13:32:46 +0200 Tomas Glozar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is this really still the case? Note that the document says: > > "using a known identity (sorry, no anonymous contributions.)" > > It really used to say "real name", but it was changed by Linus in 2023 > [1]. Note especially this section by Linus: > > " It was 2006, and nobody reacted to the wording, the whole Facebook 'real > name' controversy was a decade in the future, and nobody even thought > about it. And despite the language, we've always accepted nicknames and > that language was never meant to be any kind of exclusionary wording." > > The wording sounds quite clear to me. And I'm certain that there were > contributions under pseudonymous identity that have been accepted > since then, most famously by Asahi Lina, a vtuber persona [2]. I don't > really see a difference between that and "unknownbbqrx", other than > the latter doesn't sound like a real name. It specifically says "using a known identity (sorry, no anonymous contributions.)" As you said, Asahi Lina is well known and a very "known identity". "unknownbbqrx" is unknown and even states it in the name. I will not personally accept such a submission, as the Signed-off-by is a legal statement that states you have the right to submit that code and take all responsibility for it. -- Steve
