linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access

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Message-ID: <20060806164013.GA7637@aepfle.de>
Date:	Sun, 6 Aug 2006 18:40:13 +0200
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Shem Multinymous <multinymous@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, rlove@...ve.org, khali@...ux-fr.org,
	gregkh@...e.de, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hdaps-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:55:51AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 01:44:02PM +0300, Shem Multinymous wrote:

> > Can you please be more specific? What purpose does this exclusion
> > serve, that would be realistically achieved otherwise? You already
> > have a GPL license from the author, and a way to contact and uniquely
> > identify the author.
> 
> For legal reasons, we need a way to to contact and identify the author
> in the real world, not just in cyberspace, and a pseudonym doesn't
> meet that requirement.

In that context, even an anonymous mailer like gmail and the like is
questionable. But, I'm sure one get a domain with faked address data
in the whois database.
Where would you draw the line?
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