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Real Name For Open Source Development?
An anonymous reader writes "Do you contribute to open source projects under your real name or a nickname? The openness of open source can be encouraging, but software patents you have never heard of can become a nightmare if a patent troll sues for implementing 'their' scroll bar. A real name also means you end up in the big index we call search engines. An assumed name could be an additional layer of protection, but what are its pros and cons and is it worth the hassle when asked to participate in a meatspace meeting?"
you should always use your real name when publishing online!
As long as I sign my code as Blue Salad, they'll never guess I'm really "Green Salad." Muh haha
I've never had any problems submitting my code as Bill_Gates55, but RMS1953 can sometimes get me into trouble. Of course, nobody would believe me if I used my real name; Girls don't program.
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If you use hacker-ish sounding names like CapnCrunch or Dildog then you're asking for notoriety and your ass will be laughed at in a LUG.
Are you speaking from experience, Ethanol-Fueled?
...use someone else's real name?
Find a great idea while mining through software patents? Use a name of someone you'd like to see twist in the wind and implement this concept in your favorite Open Source project. What could be more fun?
Are you speaking from experience, Ethanol-Fueled?
No, that's his real name. It stems from the ethanol fueled orgy that led to his conception ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Well, Hans Reiser used his real name....
Need I say more?
Ever since releasing my first open source OS back in '91, I've been using the pseudonym "Linus Torvalds", which I thought was a sufficiently ridiculous name that no one would ever confuse me for anyone else. Imagine my consternation when some joker from Finland started getting all of these awesome jobs and invited to speak at conferences and whatnot because everyone thought he was me! He's been milking it ever since.
It depends on how proud I feel about the work that I am submitting ...
Sometimes when I'm really drunk and I've only made the spacing larger to improve readability
I don't use my real name, because by that time it getsh difficult to shpell anywayz.
Hic!
RTFM is not a radio station.
I always use my real name. It doubles as a nickname, because people laugh when I tell them my mother named me wk2, but it's true.
Write your own Choose Your Own Adventure. http://www.freegameengines.org/gamebook-engine/
How do you pronounce that? "Weak-Two"? "Wiktu"? "Sparky"?
My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.
Just like it's spelled.
I'll never make that mistake again, reading the experts' opinions. - Feynman
Real, of course. Why would I want to hide?
Because now everyone knows you as a T-bagger
It would have been if he had weared a funny hat while doing it.
It's pronounced "Throat-Warbler Mangrove"
It's somewhat like clearing your throat and spitting. The whole naming thing was a misunderstanding, but that's what got written on the paperwork...
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
My name is InsensitiveClod, you anonymous coward!
"geek" and "wife" in the same sentence? HOLYSHIT.