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How does this affect the consumer of open source? People are going to take notice if Linus releases a version control system for example, versus hipsterluldawg1
by mmahemoff 15y ago
How does this affect the consumer of open source? People are going to take notice if Linus releases a version control system for example, versus hipsterluldawg1981's newest thing on GitHub. Contributors are a signal of both quality and longer-term commitment to the project.
An anonymous contributor with a good reputation would also be acceptable in many cases, though it could be a red flag in large companies.
Never occurred to me how many people don't use real name. This must vary a lot by community, because afaict most JavaScript open source seems is real name, or just a well-known psudonym.