Re: Fedora account restrictions

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>]

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 18:18 -0500, Russell Harrison wrote:
> While I feel strongly about not allowing anonymous contributions, I
> don't want to close out people in similar situations as ffm.  I think
> this is a case I think we'll see again and we should be encouraging
> participation of motivated minors.  

As I said, I don't think his age is relevant to this question. The
answer should be the same for an adult as it is for a minor. It's not
about whether he can execute the CLA in his own right -- it's about the
anonymity.

For whatever reason, this potential contributor chooses to remain
anonymous. And I for one do not think that's appropriate for a Fedora
contributor.

It is not our business whether he does that because of a deeply confused
state of mind of his own, or because of bizarre and stupid restrictions
imposed on him by a third party, to whom he chooses to defer on this
issue. It's certainly not our business that that third party seems to be
his parent or guardian, and it's not relevant to us, in that context,
that he's under 18.

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dwmw2