On 9/9/18 3:57 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
On 9/9/2018 1:49 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 23:11:27 -0400 "Joseph C. Sible" <josephcsible@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm used to signing CLA's that require nothing beyond a name and a check box. When I went to sign the PSF Contributor Agreement so I can submit a PR for CPython, I was surprised to see that it wants my address. Why does the Python Software Foundation need this, especially when nobody else does? I presume others are correct that an address helps as an identifier. It probably does, though it's hardly perfect. Mostly it can serve as a contact point, but these days an e-mail address might be more durable
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018 15:15:36 -0400 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote: than a postal address (and it's probably a much better identifier too).
A Name + Address is a practically perfect identifier, as most people have a specific legal address of residence and at that address it is very unlikely two people have identical legal names. It is this legal address and legal name that people should be using for these sorts of legal documents. Government tend to have a vested interest in keeping track of legal addresses as this tends to have implications in things like taxes, so piggy backing on this identification can help with identification for other purposes. There also tends to be official government documents that can track back your 'official' address over time, so confirming that you are the Joe Smith from 15 Main ST, Anytown USA, is possible. Try to think how you could legally prove you were or were not the owner of joe.smith@example.com 10 years ago, where example.com is some major free email providers. -- Richard Damon