Some people have no problem with showing their private fetishes to the world, other people like me do. I have a family, a job, and friends. I have plenty things to hide, my private life is nobody's business, and anybody who attempts to pry it open will only meet hostility.
On 28 February 2010 11:49, Gareth Nelson <gar...@garethnelson.com> wrote: > For myself, I'd happily give my real name and an email address - but > not a postal address for public access. Anyone who would consider > doing that is lucky to never have had a stalker (trust me, it's not > pleasant). > > If the reason for requiring this information is "in case we need to > sue you" then it's in no developer's interests to give it. An email > address is fine for contact info, and a real name is unneeded, but > shouldn't be a massive concern - personally I only use a secret alias > online if i'm trying to hide. > > People have mentioned "kinky stuff" in SL as being a reason to hide - > well, i'm perfectly happy to show everyone videos and screenshots of > myself in a sex club just to prove i'm serious about "nothing to > hide". Hopefully that means you can also trust me not to put nasty > trojans in my code. Of course whether you'll ever use my code is > dependent on contacting me directly these days - no way am I signing > the contributor agreement to get patches into the main viewer. > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Lance Corrimal > <lance.corri...@eregion.de> wrote: > > Am Sonntag 28 Februar 2010 schrieb Henri Beauchamp: > > > >> > I know the identity requirement will remain, and I expect there > >> > will be a form that's more explicit about what information is > >> > required, if there isn't already. > >> > >> For now, email and full snail mail address are required in addition > >> to the real name. > >> > >> > If you know of any law that makes it illegal to require email as > >> > a condition of being listed in an optional directory, it would be > >> > helpful to tell me where to find it so I can pass it on to legal. > >> > >> Real name and (ISP hosted) email address are both OK and adequate > >> (they provide both a mean of communication and a mean of > >> identification, the latter in the case a legal action would be > >> taken by Linden Lab), the only thing which is not OK as the form > >> is right now (beside the mention that private info may be > >> published) is the snail mail address requirement (unneeded at all, > >> thus it shall not be a required info). > > > > > > Right now I'm working on porting henri's cool patches to snowglobe. > > As it stands now, I'm not going to put it into the viewer directory, > > unless the requirements for any other data than my SL name and a > > valid, working email address are taken down. Real name is only > > acceptable if not publicly shown anywhere. > > > > bye, > > LC > > _______________________________________________ > > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > > > > > > -- > “Lanie, I’m going to print more printers. Lots more printers. One for > everyone. That’s worth going to jail for. That’s worth anything.” - > Printcrime by Cory Doctrow > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges >
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