Fedora account restrictions

[seth vidal]

On Sat, 2008-01-19 at 14:48 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 09:10:03AM -0900, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> > On Jan 18, 2008 6:33 PM, Matt Domsch <matt at domsch.com> wrote:
> > > Agreed.  Other projects (Linux Kernel for example) have the same
> > > rule, for the same reason.
> > 
> > 
> > Does the upstream linux kernel require a CLA?  Or CLA model is closely
> > modeled on apache, I wonder if Apache allows it.   But regardless...
> > let's figure out what exactly are we talking about in context.
> > 
> > We are talking about not making the real name of a person publically
> > known.
> 
> We can't guarantee that the real name won't become publically known.
> What are the repercussions if the name _does_ somehow become
> publically known, against the contributor's wishes?
> 

I think the concern here is about disclosing the name of a minor in the
US. IIRC there are federal laws about that.

-sv