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Conor Dooley

Huh, probably wouldn't have known about this had it not appeared here:
https://social.treehouse.systems/@fox/109938758111808053

Certainly nice for the Lina's of the world, but I wonder how far "known identity" goes. "If I google it, I'll find them"?
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monsieuricon

K. Ryabitsev

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@conor basically, as I understand it, if there is ever a court hearing, a judge needs to establish your identity "beyond reasonable doubt." It's easiest if your signed-off-by matches your legal name, but it can also be established via witness testimony. I wrote about it at some point here:

https://lore.kernel.org/kernelnewbies/20220708154456.hcymrdkidv2uznsx@meerkat.local/
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conor

Conor Dooley

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@monsieuricon Interesting post, thanks.

So, submitting a patch with "Signed-off-by: Eagle <eagle@small-medium-company.com>" wouldthen okay, as the IT dept. of small-medium-company could verify it.
Similarly, Marcan could verify that Lina is Lina if something came to pass there.
But $unknown-contributor submits something under their online alias should still be challenged?
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conor

Conor Dooley

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@ljs @monsieuricon Jokes aside, part of me really wants to submit patches as "Conchubhar O'Dubhlaigh" instead of "Conor Dooley" (both are acceptable under the former wording) but but it'd just cause confusion...
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