[PD-dev] [OT] quick demo of git author garbage

[Chris McCormick]

On 14/05/16 02:57, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-dev wrote:
>  > On Thursday, May 5, 2016 12:14 AM, Chris McCormick
>  > https://github.com/chr15m/gitnonymous
>
> I thought about this a bit, and I've come to the conclusion that--
> currently--
> there is never a situation where I'd accept code submitted anonymously.

So like myself you enjoy the privilege of writing and releasing whatever 
software you like without that activity putting you or your loved ones 
in a dangerous personal situation.

Presumably you're aware that there are people who don't enjoy our privilege.

> In fact it's way safer from the perspective of the pseudon or anon
> to feed an idea for a bugfix or feature out-of-band to an extant
> developer.

I don't think I'd presume to dictate to a software developer in a 
difficult and dangerous personal situation what kinds of safety measures 
they should take based on my personal ideology. Generally people in such 
situations are keenly aware of what is a dangerous and safe course of 
action and I'd probably defer to their judgement.

Your requirement above sounds onerous to the point it would become 
prohibitive to contribute.

> It's also important from the public developer's perspective, as they
> have to explicitly take responsibility for the bugfix/feature, and the
> risks associated with that.

Fair enough, that's your prerogative on your projects.

For me personally the quality and truth of a work is more important than 
the identity of the person who created it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority

Cheers,

Chris.

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