Re: Using nicknames on planet?

Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 2/24/10 9:09 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > David E. Wheeler wrote:
> >> On Feb 24, 2010, at 8:55 AM, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> >>
> >>> Given the fact that on irc it is not very common to use full names - I
> >>> would say that it makes sense to allow same nicknames on planet - at the
> >>> very least to allow newcomers easily associate person from irc with
> >>> author on planet.
> >> +1
> > 
> > Yea, I think people can be called whatever they like.  We just had a
> > similar discussion about a name attributed to a commit.
> > 
>  ... although we're keeping a record of the real name somewhere, no?

For commits, no.  We have their email addresses but do not require a
full name.  If we did, the name could easily be forged anyway.

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