On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 05:05:22PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > There's a difference between anonymous and non-registered :) > > What is that difference?
"registered" means that the user created a Savannah account and is logged-in. This doesn't mean that the user has a trusted identity - even spam bots are automatically creating accounts nowadays. A contrario an "anonymous" user, that is a user who is not using a Savannah account, can identify himself by other means, for example using a GPG signature. So what Savannah considers "non-registered" is not necessarily really anonymous. I find it cumbersome to force users to create a Savannah account: this is a short but annoying process where you need to provide a working e-mail address and to remember yet another login/password pair. In particular I think it may turn off people who would like to quickly report a bug. As a result I think it's better to allow tasks to be done without requiring to create a Savannah account and login. Since enforcing registration to submit a patch does not improve the level of authentication (legally-wise), and since it's cumbersome, I'm not in favor of that change site-wide. This still can be (and is) done by each project individually when they see fit. -- Sylvain
