On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 4:44 AM, EuanM <euanmee@gmail.com> wrote:
"partially anonymous"
The correct word is "pseudonimity".
In UK law, as long as there is no intent to defraud, you can call yourself anything you like.
In UK, you can provide signatures digitally, completely legally.
UK law is has a long tradition of sorting out legal issues between two-third party jurisdictions.
Perhaps Pharo ought to do it's work under a legal system that is more completely designed to handle issues of international commerce?
Knowing that INRIA as a French organisation provided substantial support to kickstart Pharo, without which Pharo may not have happened, I fully understand why Pharo's is governed by French laws. The funder gets to make to rules. The situation may be different once the Pharo Consortium builds a substantial enough income stream to be self governing - but you would gave to be pretty confident to leave the backup of the family nest.
Or perhaps it should be a all-French affair.
Non sequitur? cheers -ben