[Python-Dev] Names matter.

[Tony Meyer]

[Jim Fulton]
> certainly, it should not be acceptable to contribute to Python  
> under a false name.

What do you mean "contribute to Python"?  Do you mean become one of  
the developers listed on sourceforge?  Contribute any patches, even  
simple documentation ones?  Review, comment and test patches?  Work  
on pydotorg?  Write python-dev summaries?  Give money to the PSF?   
(These, and many other things, are all contributing to Python, IMO).

I can understand that for legal purposes having some sort legally  
valid name might be required in some cases (e.g. contributing  
significant amounts of code), but wouldn't having that name known to  
the PSF suffice?  I don't see how a pseudonym hurts when dealing with  
the "public".

=Tony.Meyer