Privacy conscious contributors

[al_shopov (Alexander Shopov)]

Hello,
I am Alex Shopov - the coordinator of the Bulgarian translation team.
I have a very privacy conscious contributor that wants to be known only by their handle and email. I want to check that it is ok for the GNOME project.

My personal opinion is that it is indeed OK and this is no different compared to the general case: Even if a contributor gives me a name - I do not verify it, I do not ask for ID document, I do not go around asking people to confirm the identity.
In many cases I may never see the translator in person.

Additionally I could not find anything contradicting this in the Code of Conduct , the docs on translation and the Privacy Policy.

I always check submitted translations for problems and improvements and thus am not concerned about foul play (and I have never ever had such a case). I just want to confirm that from the GNOME’s project side this is OK.

[afranke (Alexandre Franke)]

Pseudonymous translation contributions are ok. As you implicitely pointed out, we have a process that includes reviews, and so we aren’t exposed as much. The commits from Damned Lies will have to be made in the name of the committer, that’s all.

[mcatanzaro (Michael Catanzaro)]

(I think using real name is only required if signing up for an LDAP account. We don’t accept pseudonymous software maintainers.)