From owner-p4-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 23 18:41:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: p4-projects@freebsd.org Delivered-To: p4-projects@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id D5DC616A412; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:41:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: perforce@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: perforce@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 985F416A403 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:41:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (jojo.ms-net.de [84.16.236.246]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4FFF43D53 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:41:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (p54A5D9E7.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.217.231]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.ebusiness-leidinger.de (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8NIHl7t039065; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:17:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (Magellan.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.1]) by Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k8NIflQe076908; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:41:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:42:28 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Alexander Kabaev Message-ID: <20060923204228.02eeed4e@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20060923130259.04d759ce@kan.dnsalias.net> References: <200609231209.k8NC9LKZ054036@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060923121912.568e1d9a@kan.dnsalias.net> <20060923183824.203b8f11@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <20060923130259.04d759ce@kan.dnsalias.net> Organization: FreeBSD X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new Cc: Perforce Change Reviews Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 106547 for review X-BeenThere: p4-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: p4 projects tree changes List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:41:55 -0000 Quoting Alexander Kabaev (Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:02:59 -0400): > > > I am worried about accepting anonymous contributions into our tree. > > > Who is to answer if someday anonymous benefactor will send us > > > proprietary or GPLed code? > > > > Who can guarantee that "Hugo Egon" is really > > Hugo Egon and developed the stuff on his own? What about "Ports > > Fury" (grep the commit logs for it)? What about "Alexander Leidinger" > > or "Alexander Kabaev" ? > Last two are easy. You can be traced to people who recommended for a > commit bit, at the very least. Ports Fufy has live witnesses of its > existence. Some anonymous people on the lists, like > LONE character, I forgot an exact spelling, uses uses his > real name in PRs. I doubt you will find massive evidence of anonymous > coders in src/. Ports are little more liberal, but not by much. I ask him if he is willing to provide his real name for the commit to CVS. We can discuss this further after I got an answer. Bye, Alexander. -- ...and that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137