Patch pinging

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 06/30/2010 09:43 PM, NightStrike wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:24 PM, David Edelsohn<dje.gcc@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> He understood your point very well.  That is why Frank said, "You
>> falsely presume zero vetting."
>
> Maybe I didn't get the zero vetting part, then.  I thought I did, but
> apparently not.  What does that mean in this context?  Google isn't
> telling me.

It means that if you had said "John Doe" or "Jane Smith" Frank would 
have likely rejected your name as well.

Of course you could have given a plausible name or even a fake name that 
he would not recognize (e.g. in Italy "Mario Rossi" is frequently used 
this way), but at some point you have to trust the other person's good 
faith.

I don't know if anyone is using fake names in the FSF copyright list.  I 
think the FSF would be *very* upset if that was the case, and might go 
as far as vetting the contributions of the user and removing them.  If 
someone used a fake name when explicitly asked for a real name, why 
should I trust him to not violate copyright?

Paolo